A third of the Icelandic nation regularly uses the Ísland.is app and even more use digital certificates that are available in the app. But what is the idea behind the Ísland.is app and who is it for?

Wants to be able to bring the dog to her from Canada as soon as possible.

The Ministry of Education and Children has now entrusted the Directorate of Education and School Services to provide the provision, updating and supervision of electronic manuals that address the safety and welfare of children in pre- and primary schools. These manuals provide guidance and support to school staff in the preparation of safety manuals, safety plans and response plans for pre-schools.

The real estate company Þórkatla will start buying residential property in Grindavík this week, with 644 applications already received by the company.

In early April this year, the first case of pertussis in Iceland since 2019 was diagnosed. Since then, 35 individuals have tested positive for pertussis through PCR tests, while an additional 20 have received clinical diagnoses from doctors without undergoing testing.

An unusual number of reports of digestive symptoms were submitted to the Reykjavík Public Health Authority and the Chief Epidemiologist, following the weekend of 8-9. July 2023. Furthermore, there was also a lot of discussion about such illnesses on social media.

In the last two weeks, there have been four cases of mumps reported in the capital area, involving two unvaccinated adults and two vaccinated children who had close contact with each other.

A Nordic point-of-sight conference was held from 25 - 26 October at the Blind Society's house in Hamrahlíð 17. Participants from Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden attended the conference, as well as several participants from Teams.

HSU in the Westman Islands / Gyða Arnórsdóttir, Head of Department of Health

The health care center in Neskaupsstaður will offer a course for parents of 5 - 12 year old children who have anxiety. The aim of the course is to teach parents about cognitive behavioral therapy and to encourage parents to use the methods with their child to work on anxiety, strengthen courage and self-confidence. Common anxiety symptoms that children show are fear of sleeping alone, walking alone outside, fear of dogs or fear of something happening to their parents. The course starts on Thursday 17.10.24 at 13:00 - 15:00 in the hall on the 3rd floor of the Hospital in Neskaupsstaður.