A drone ban has been issued due to a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The closure covers the same area as was in effect until 15 December; the area is defined by the following coordinates: 635621N0222218W / 635440N0221323W / 634902N0223533W / 634641N0222232W

Digital Iceland works in seven-week sessions, containing three two-week sessions. It is now frozen beyond the end of summer vacation, which should ensure that we and our people have a quiet and uneventful summer vacation.

The Directorate of Fisheries has completed processing of bids submitted for the catch quota switch in February.

Today is the opening day of coastal fishing and 535 applications for coastal fishing permits have been received since applications were opened last Thursday and 517 permits have been issued.

Now parents can request a change in child custody digitally.

In this issue of EPI-ICE the increase in the use of antibiotics in Iceland is discussed, the MPX virus infection (monkeypox), the increase in gonorrhea, and vaccinations in Iceland.

The Directorate of Fisheries has completed processing of bids submitted for the catch quota switch in November.

A group from Hrafnista visited HSU.

The conference The Day of Aging was held on 23 March and several HSU staff were present on it.

Minister of Health Willum Þór Þórsson has decided to entrust the Akureyri Hospital in collaboration with the Health Care Institution of North Iceland with the establishment of a knowledge and consultation centre on ME disease. Today is the International ME Day which is aimed at raising awareness of the disease that causes long-term muscle pain and inflammation in the brain or spinal cord.