The World Health Organization (WHO) raises the awareness of hepatitis virus on 28 July each year. This year the slogan is: One life, one liver, which reminds us that we only have one life and only one liver, but hepatitis can hurt both.

The Food and Veterinary Authority has received a report of a suspected Brucella canis bacterial infection in a dog. Such infection has not been suspected before in Iceland. Brucella canis is the canis, which is a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans. It should be noted that infection in humans with Brucella canis is rare.

The number of cases received by the Icelandic Health Insurance has increased significantly in the last few years. When the number of main petitions is compared between 2018 and 2022 (the 2022 figures are calculated for a full year), it can be seen that there has been a significant increase in almost all policy areas.

Confirmed cases of Influenza were fewer in week 9 compared to the previous three weeks. Clinical diagnoses of Influenza-like illness were similar in number.

During these weeks, HSN staff are working on the institution's strategy for the next few years.

VIRK, the Directorate og Health and Vinnueftirlit ríkisins will host a meeting on health-promoting workplaces, Wednesday, March 29, under the title "Step by step".

An interactive dashboard showing waiting times for selected surgeries has now been updated.

The employees of Tryggingastofnun emphasise to service their customers as best as possible and in a variety of ways. We now offer interviews with TR's expert, which can be booked in the Noona app.

All processes that drivers, driving instructors, and driving schools use through driving studies are now digital.

This week we released a new addition in the project on electronic registrations, where real estate agents are now able to register purchase contracts electronically. This is one of the most common types of documents sent to the records of the district commissioners.