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21st November 2024
The Chief Epidemiologist’s respiratory infections dashboard has been updated with data through week 46 (November 11–17, 2024).
18th November 2024
The Directorate of Health will be closed from 12:00, Wednesday 20 November.
14th November 2024
The Chief Epidemiologist’s respiratory infections dashboard has been updated with data through week 45 (November 4–10, 2024).
12th November 2024
A new issue of Talnabrunnur, a newsletter on Health Information, has been published.
11th November 2024
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.
The Directorate of Health and the Chief Epidemiologist have published an interactive dashboard with information on antibiotic use outside hospitals in Iceland.
7th November 2024
The Chief Epidemiologist’s dashboard on respiratory infections has been updated with data through week 44 (October 28 – November 3, 2024).
6th November 2024
Annual reports have been issued for 2023 on cervical and breast cancer screening.
Figures on drug-related deaths in 2023 have been published on the Directorate of Health‘s web. Drug-related deaths refer to death caused by intoxication by narcotic and addictive drugs and by pharmaceuticals.
November 18th is the annual European Antibiotic Awareness Day and November 18 to 24th is the annual World AMR Awareness Week.
