The Directorate of Health issues the first licence to operate in the area of consumption.

International Nurse Day is today.

Today, the annual meeting of the Social Insurance Institution and the yearly report for 2023 was published.

There has been a 20% increase in emergency arrivals of people aged 75 and over since before Covid-19, with a corresponding increase in this age group's admission to SAk wards.

The Directorate of Fisheries is looking to hire an expert in the field of Salmonid fisheries management.

1.7 newborns per day

A new digital application for parental leave has been in the making for a couple of years in cooperation with the Directorate of Labour. The new parents apply for parental leave or maternity/paternity grants.

Birna Íris Jónsdóttir has been appointed CEO of Digital Iceland.

Grants from SAk's Scientist Fund are allocated once a year. The grants are allocated according to the proposals of the Scientific Council of the Akureyri Hospital. The grant was 9,158,132 ISK.

Since digital driving licences were made available in Iceland in the spring of 2020, 133 thousand individuals have downloaded this for their smartphones.