At the end of March, Iceland Health made agreements on joint replacement surgery with Handlæknastöðina (Cosan) and Klíníkina.

Information on opening hours of HSN health care centres during the holidays.

We remind vessel operators that the last day to submit a request for quota share transfer during the fishing year is 31st of July.

On 22 May 2022, a monkeypox had been confirmed in 59 individuals in nine countries in Europe (Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) and in addition 10 were suspected of being infected.

In a new summary the frequency of respiratory infections and their complications is reviewed and the situation in Iceland compared to the situation in Europe.

Ögmundur Knútsson the CEO of the Directorate of Fisheries has asked to be relieved of his duties as of January 15th, 2024.

This year, summer is only gradually arriving in Tunguheiði, a heath located in the upper region of Bláskógabyggð. Similar to the rest of Iceland, particularly in the uplands and highlands, the plants are first now slowly beginning to flourish. Although the land reclamation efforts initiated in Tunguheiði in 1997 are mostly complete, designated areas within the region will receive fertiliser application early this summer.

The Directorate of Health has completed a summary of suicide figures for the year 2023. Suicides last year were 47 or 12.4 per 100,000 inhabitants.

In recent months, multiple cases of acute hepatitis B, which seem linked, have been reported in Iceland. Contact tracing indicates that these transmissions likely occurred through sexual exposure.

This morning, employees of the port State control detained the container shipping vessel Vera D (IMO 9290177) flying the flag of Portugal, following an incident that occurred yesterday in Akureyri.