6th March 2023

Talnabrunnur has been published

A new issue of Talnabrunnur has been published. The use of alcohol and tobacco in 2022 is under discussion.

2nd March 2023

Respiratory tract infections. Week 8 of 2023

The number of confirmed Influenza cases in week 8 was comparable to weeks 6 and 7. The majority of Influenza cases are now of type B. Clinical diagnoses of Influenza-like illness were also comparable to the previous week. The number of COVID-19 cases in week 8 was similar to the past four weeks.

2nd March 2023

Health information project manager

The Directorate of Health wishes to hire a project manager for the office of health information.

2nd March 2023

Database specialist at the Directorate of Health

The Directorate of Health wishes to hire a database specialist at the Centre for Electronic Health Solutions.

1st March 2023

Delays in processing cases at the Directorate of Health

Continued delays in processing cases at the Directorate of Health

1st March 2023

Mortality and excess mortality - statistics

The Directorate of Health has published an interactive dashboard on excess mortality and COVID-19 mortality.

28th February 2023

Allocations from the Public Health Fund 2023

A ceremony to allocate funds from the Public Health Fund was held Friday 24 February at the premises of the National Olympic and Sports Association Iceland.

28th February 2023

Three years since the first COVID-19 diagnosis in Iceland

Today, February 28, three years have passed since the first COVID-19 infection was diagnosed in Iceland. The first domestic infection was subsequently confirmed on March 6, 2020. A number of measures were taken to decrease infections and minimize the consequences of the pandemic in Iceland. All restrictions were then lifted at the end of February 2022, when the omicron variant wave (BA.1/BA.2) was at its peak. Subsequently infection rate decreased but a smaller wave of another omicron variant (BA.5) occurred in July 2022.

23rd February 2023

Respiratory tract infections. Week 7 of 2023

16th February 2023

Respiratory tract infections. Week 6 of 2023

More people were diagnosed with influenza in the sixth week of this year than in week 5. As before, most people were diagnosed with influenza B. Clinical diagnosis of influenza-like symptoms also increased between weeks.