{"id":14225,"date":"2020-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/lokun-sundlauga-og-safna-skert-thjonusta-i-thjonustuveri\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:03:00","slug":"swimming-pool-closures-and-museums-providing-a-reduced-service-in-their-service-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/lokun-sundlauga-og-safna-skert-thjonusta-i-thjonustuveri\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming pools, sports centres and museums closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Swimming pools, sports centres and museums closed following stricter rules on gatherings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Health Minister has decided, in line with a recommendation from the Chief Medical Officer, to further restrict gatherings due to the faster spread of Covid-19 in the community. Events where people gather will be limited to 20 people instead of the previous 100. Wherever people gather and in all activities, it must be ensured that a distance of at least 2 metres can be maintained between individuals.<\/p>\n<h4>These instructions affect local authority services:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>All swimming pools, sports centres, museums and libraries in the capital region will be closed from midnight on 23 March.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Schools and nurseries will remain open, but parents or guardians who for any reason do not send their children to school must notify the school, just as they would for a period of absence, and will thereby assume responsibility for their children's homework.<\/li>\n<li>Other services of the local authorities will continue to be maintained as far as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>English<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Closure of swimming pools, sports centres and museums in the Municipality of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Health has decided, in accordance with the proposal from the Directorate of Health, to limit gatherings even further than before due to the faster spread of Covid-19 in the community. Events where people gather will be limited to 20 people instead of 100 previously. In addition, it must be ensured that a distance of more than 2 metres is kept between everyone. The decision will take effect at midnight on Monday, 22 March, and will be valid until 12 April.<\/p>\n<h4>These instructions affect the services of municipalities<\/h4>\n<p>All swimming pools, sports centres, museums and libraries in the capital area will be closed from midnight on 23 March. Schools and kindergartens will remain open, but parents or guardians who for any reason do not send their children to school must report it as if it were a school exemption and at the same time take responsibility for their children's home schooling.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sundlaugum, \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttami\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0vum og s\u00f6fnum loka\u00f0 eftir hertari reglur um samkomur Heilbrig\u00f0isr\u00e1\u00f0herra hefur \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0, \u00ed samr\u00e6mi vi\u00f0 till\u00f6gu s\u00f3ttvarnal\u00e6knis, a\u00f0 takmarka samkomur enn frekar en \u00e1\u00f0ur vegna hra\u00f0ari \u00fatbrei\u00f0slu Covid-19 \u00ed samf\u00e9laginu. Vi\u00f0bur\u00f0ir \u00fear sem f\u00f3lk kemur saman ver\u00f0a takmarka\u00f0ir vi\u00f0 20 manns \u00ed sta\u00f0 100 \u00e1\u00f0ur. Hvar sem f\u00f3lk kemur saman og \u00ed allri starfsemi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14225"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}