Newsletter from Digital Iceland June 2022.

The Icelandic Transport Authority has opened its website to Island.is. The aim is for the new website to be user-friendly, to communicate information clearly, and to make services more accessible.

With the amendment to the Regulation on the participation of Iceland Health in the cost of dentistry, grants for general orthodontic treatment have increased considerably.

Specialist in Oncology and Clinical Pharmacy Helgi Hafsteinn Helgason begins work at the HSU on 1 August.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that COVID-19 no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The status was initially declared according to the International Health Regulations (IHR) at the end of January 2020* and is useful for the WHO and the international community to coordinate actions and respond with a coordinated effort to stop the spread of a disease across borders.

Newsletter from Digital Iceland for November 2022.

Sigurður H. Helgason has taken over the position of CEO of Icelandic Health Insurance as of February 1.

Parents and children who applied for international protection before 1 August 2021 and are still in Iceland can apply for a special residence permit.

The majority of users of community health centres have a high level of trust in the primary healthcare system and are happy with the service, i.e. just over 60% of those who participated in a recent survey by the Icelandic Health Insurance.

Legislation has been passed in Althingi concerning the granting of citizenship.