On Wednesday 12 January 2022, 14-16 am, a booster vaccination programme against Covid-19 will be offered at Borgarnes Health Centre while supplies last.

No notifications of collective redundancies were received by the Directorate of Labour in December 2021. In 2021, the Directorate of Labour received 9 notifications of collective redundancies, where 497 people were dismissed.

Last Sunday, August 20th, the Directorate of Fisheries received a notification that holes had been found in the Arctic Seafarm's fish farm at Kvígindisdalur in Patreksfjörður.

General vaccinations in Iceland refer to vaccination programs organized and coordinated nationwide by the Chief Epidemiologist, in accordance with the Act on Health Security and Communicable Diseases. These vaccinations are administered by the primary care service.

The Chief Epidemiologist’s annual report on the number of children who participate in general vaccinations in 2023 has been published. The report is both national and by district.

Processing fees were increased at the end of the year

In May next year, the Nordic Public Health Conference will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Monitoring in April - updated 3rd of April

Drones will be used for monitoring by the Directorate of Fisheries in July we would like to ask fishermen to keep in mind that all recordings are carefully examined and fish that goes overboard is species analyzed.

On 31st of January the Directorate of Fisheries received a notification from Arctic Fish that a 30 x 10cm hole had been found in sea farm number 7 in Haukadalsbót in Dýrafjörður.