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Iceland to welcome up to 140 vulnerable refugees from Ukraine

More than 820 individuals from Ukraine have already applied for protection in Iceland.

COVID-19: Lifting of all domestic restrictions and restrictions at the border

23 February 2022

Minister of Health, Willum Þór Þórsson has decided that as of Friday 25 February all public...

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COVID-19: Abolition of quarantine, 200-person assembly limit, 1000-person events allowed etc.11 February 2022
COVID-19: Isolation to go from 7 to 5 days04 February 2022
COVID-19: Significant easing of domestic restrictions as of 29 January29 January 2022

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Willum Þór Þórsson

Willum Þór Þórsson, Minister of Health since November 28th 2021. Member of Althingi for the Southwest Constituency 2013–2016 and since 2017. Deputy Chair of the Progressive Party's parliamentary group since 2017.

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