Iceland extends COVID-19 restrictions by one week
Iceland’s Ministry of Health is extending some domestic COVID-19 restrictions by one week, but says the country is on the
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Iceland’s ban on unnecessary travel from high-risk areas now in effect
Iceland’s ban on unnecessary travel from high-risk areas came into effect on April 27 in an effort to tamp down
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Icelandic government proposes bill for stricter COVID-19 border measures
The Icelandic Government has proposed a bill with new border measures to help tamp down the domestic spread of COVID-19.
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With tougher border rules appearing to work, Iceland to relax some domestic restrictions
With Iceland’s tougher border screening and quarantine rules appearing to have put the breaks on new variant infections, the government
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Arctic Guardian exercise 2021 underway to test joint emergency marine response
The Arctic Council and the Arctic Coast Guard Forum launched their Arctic Guardian 2021 exercise on Monday to test the
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UK variant cases prompt Iceland to tighten up border measures and domestic restrictions
Iceland is putting new COVID-19 rules in place at the border after Iceland’s chief epidemiologist says new COVID-19 domestic waves
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Iceland opens borders for vaccinated visitors to boost tourism
COPENHAGEN, March 17 (Reuters) – Iceland will this week open its borders to all visitors who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 without
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Quaking in their beds, sleepless Icelanders await eruption
COPENHAGEN, March 15 (Reuters) – Icelanders are yearning for some undisturbed shut-eye after tremors from tens of thousands of earthquakes have
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Volcanic eruption ‘remains a possibility’ at Reykjanes Peninsula, says Icelandic Met Office
Officials at the Icelandic Meteorological Office are warning that a volcanic eruption at Reykjanes Peninsula in the country’s southwest “remains
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Icelandic authorities warn of possible eruption as thousands of earthquakes shake the country
Authorities in Iceland are warning of a possible eruption as the Icelandic Meteorological Office has registered a strong tremor pulse
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Iceland relaxes some COVID-19 restrictions as downward infection trend holds
With domestic COVID-19 infections continuing on the downturn, Iceland started relaxing some public health restrictions on Wednesday. “We are in
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Iceland institutes new COVID-19 border measures
Iceland’s new border measures came into effect Friday, which requires all passengers to provide a negative COVID-19 PCR test that
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Iceland’s ‘COVID-19 passport’ offers preview of debate over post-vaccine travel
Canada’s territories say it’s too early to discuss whether vaccinations would reopen travel Iceland recently became the first country in Europe to
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COVID-19 variant prompts Iceland to require quarantine for children entering country as of January 13
As of January 13, Iceland will require children born in 2005 or later to quarantine, along with their parents or
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Iceland to review COVID-19 border measures by January 15
Iceland is planning to keep its current COVID-19 border screening measures in place until February 1, with further decisions on
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