Just before the new year, the Hollvina association donated three hospital beds to the HVE institution, two Eleganza II beds, along with a bedside trapeze/handle and Dynaform Mercury mattress and one Latera Therma bed as a rolling bed.

Annual reports have been issued for 2021 on cervical cancer screening and breast cancer screening.

The new summary examines the incidence of respiratory infections and hospitalisations due to them and compares the situation in Iceland with the situation in Europe.

Due to the large increase in PCR tests in recent days, people must expect up to three days until a result is received.

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.