A big step forward for the safety of patients in the SAk's area.

Arnór Snorrason, an expert at Land and Forest Iceland, is among the authors of an article published recently in the prestigious scientific journal Nature. The article describes the work that is currently underway to establish a joint monitoring system for Europe’s forests. Data on the biomass reserves of the European forests and the growth of the biomass there are published. Iceland is now for the first time included on a map showing such information. It can thus be said that the Icelandic forests have finally been "put on the map" in this regard.

Increased birth rate in the first month of the year.

A good visitor to the Communication Centre

The agreement between Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and the United Kingdom on the coordination of social security, signed this summer, formally entered into force at the end of the year or on 1 January last.

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.

In light of the fact that it has been difficult to get doctors to work at the health care in Borgarnes and the summer vacation is coming up, the workers unfortunately have no choice but to reduce the service this summer due to the lack of people who are not registered at the health center in Borgarnes.

In the past few weeks, the number of diagnoses of COVID-19 has increased considerably.

EU-JAMRAI-2 Strengthens Action Plan Against Antibiotic Resistance in Iceland.

On May 21st, the first meeting of the newly formed steering group on safety of airway in Iceland was held at the Icelandic Transport Authority.