By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Earlier this week, Iceland officials signed a contract for the supply of vaccine to Iceland from the drug manufacturing company Janssen. This is the third of its type to be...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Chief Veterinary Officer for the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority, Dr Sigurborg Daðadóttir reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) this week a...

The Iceland Directorate of Health reports a substantial increase in sexually transmitted infections, with syphilis cases more than doubling during the first six months of 2020. From January to June this...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A little more than two weeks ago, Minister of Health Svandís Svavarsdóttir and Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir announced they would start gradually lift restriction...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Iceland say that data suggests that the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country is showing clear signs of deceleration, reporting 295 cases in the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Iceland health authorities reported ten additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday. The total number of confirmed infections is now 26. Those who are diagnosed yesterday...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Icelandic Directorate of Health reported today on the first confirmed COVID-19 case. The case is a Icelandic male in his fifties who has been placed in solitary...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Iceland health officials report an increase in the number of people diagnosed with confirmed influenza in recent weeks. Most people have had influenza A (H3), but...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Health officials in Iceland are reporting a measles case. According to health authorities, the Children’s Hospital contacted the Epidemiologist on Sunday, December 29th ...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Iceland are reporting an increase in norovirus infections in recent weeks. Local media report (computer translated) a large number of residents...