Newsletter of Digital Iceland August 2023.

Continued delays in processing cases at the Directorate of Health

Inflammation of the liver caused by viruses can lead to serious diseases and liver cancer. Millions of people worldwide live with chronic infection, and thousands fall ill every year due to acute hepatitis infections. The main hepatitis viruses are A, B, C, D and E.

A public innovation project by the Southern Iceland Health Institution (HSU), called the Home Hospital for the Elderly, has received financial backing by the Minister of Health, with the support of the Improvement and Development Division of the Financial Management Authority (FMA).

The Icelandic Transport Authority has participated in several prevention days for young drivers this year.

Sigurður Einar Sigurðsson has been appointed Director of Medicine at the West Iceland Healthcare Centre and will begin work on 1st September.

The Directorate of Fisheries has opened applications for 4,000 ton mackerel quota.

HSU in Selfoss // Kolbrún Káradóttir, senior biomedical scientist

Civil protection authorities have announced that a drone ban imposed at the beginning of the volcanic eruption is no longer necessary for now.

The weekly number of diagnoses of confirmed influenza has not been higher since the turn of the year. The majority of diagnoses now are of influenza B strain, as has been the case in recent weeks.