{"id":14838,"date":"2021-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/hertar-adgerdir-takmarkanir-og-atak-i-orvunarbolusetningum\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:18:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:18:38","slug":"stricter-measures-restrictions-and-a-crackdown-on-conversion-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/hertar-adgerdir-takmarkanir-og-atak-i-orvunarbolusetningum\/","title":{"rendered":"Capacity restrictions and a drive for booster jabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>COVID-19: Stricter measures, 50-person gathering limits \u2013 major drive for booster jabs<\/h4>\n<p>The Health Minister has decided, in line with the recommendations of the Director of Public Health, to significantly tighten public health measures to curb the rapid spread of Covid-19. The measures will come into effect at midnight. General crowd restrictions will be 50 people, but with the use of rapid tests, it will be permitted to hold events with a maximum of 500 people in a quarantine bubble. The opening hours for restaurants will be shortened by one hour. The maximum number of guests at swimming pools, gyms and ski resorts will be 75% of the licensed maximum capacity. The regulations for these measures will be in force until 8 December.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/efst-a-baugi\/frettir\/stok-frett\/2021\/11\/12\/COVID-19-Hertar-adgerdir-50-manna-fjoldatakmarkanir-storatak-i-orvunarbolusetningum\/\">See the announcement on the website of the Cabinet Office.&nbsp;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A significant increase in domestic infections with growing pressure on the healthcare system, contact tracing and quarantine accommodation is the main reason for the tightened restrictions. Due to the situation, there has been a significant disruption to various services at Landsp\u00edtali and there is a shortage of staff. There is growing pressure on the University Hospital of Akureyri, and the same applies to many other healthcare institutions, according to a memorandum from the Director of Public Health to the minister. The contact tracing team's operations are also disrupted, quarantine facilities are filling up, and the burden on the on-call doctor service and general practice has increased due to the outbreak. The Director of Public Health says strict public health measures are necessary while work is underway to achieve widespread immunity in the community through booster jabs, which have already begun. It is expected that around 160,000 people across the country will be invited for a booster jab before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<h4>Restrictions coming into force at midnight on the night of 13 November:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>General gathering limit: 50 people<\/strong> Children born in 2016 and later are not included. This means that more than 50 people are not permitted to gather, whether indoors or outdoors, in public or private spaces. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Distance limit: 1 metre between unconnected parties: <\/strong>If it is not possible to respect the boundaries, a face mask must be worn. Despite this, contact sports are still permitted for children and adults. Furthermore, nursery children and pupils in years 1 to 4 of primary school are exempt from the 1-metre rule.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Face mask use:<\/strong> It is mandatory to wear a face covering where social distancing of 1 metre cannot be maintained, for example in shops, on public transport and in services that involve close contact, such as hairdressers. Children born in 2006 or later are exempt from the requirement. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Mass events with the use of rapid tests:<\/strong> Events for up to 500 people are permitted in each bubble, provided all guests born in 2015 or earlier present a negative result from a rapid test, which must not be older than 48 hours. If the 1-metre rule cannot be maintained, guests must wear a face covering, with the exception of children born in 2006 or later. The 1-metre rule may be waived when guests are seated, but a face covering must be worn instead. It is mandatory to register guests in fixed seating with their name, national identity number and telephone number. Food and drink may not be sold during the interval. At school events with rapid testing in primary and secondary schools, the 1-metre rule and the mask requirement do not apply.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Swimming pools, spas, fitness centres and ski resorts<\/strong> mega can accommodate 75% of the maximum permitted number of guests according to its operating licence. Children born in 2016 or later are not included.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Opening hours of restaurants etc.: <\/strong>Restaurants and other premises where the sale of alcohol is permitted are not allowed to admit new customers after 22:00, and all guests must have left by 23:00 at the latest. Alcohol may only be served to seated guests. A register of guests must be kept. Private parties at premises holding a licence to supply wine are not permitted after 23:00.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shops and museums:<\/strong> In shops and museums, general rules on a 50-person limit, the 1-metre rule and a requirement to wear a face covering apply. However, it is permitted to admit an additional five customers for every 10 m\u00b2, up to a maximum of 500 people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>School activities&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In school activities, a general limit of 50 people applies, unless children born in 2016 or later are exempt. Children born in 2006 or later are exempt from the mask requirement. <\/li>\n<li>Staff in nurseries are not required to wear a face mask when interacting with nursery children.<\/li>\n<li>Primary school teachers are permitted to remove their masks once they are seated inside classrooms.<\/li>\n<li>Students and teachers in secondary schools are permitted to remove their masks once they are seated in classrooms.<\/li>\n<li>Mixing between groups in school activities is permitted at all school levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/library\/04-Raduneytin\/Heilbrigdisraduneytid\/ymsar-skrar\/Minnisblad-innanlands11112021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memorandum from the Director of Public Health on domestic restrictions, dated 11 November 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/library\/04-Raduneytin\/Heilbrigdisraduneytid\/ymsar-skrar\/Undirritu%c3%b0%20regluger%c3%b0%201211%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulations on tightened domestic public health measures<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/efst-a-baugi\/frettir\/stok-frett\/2021\/11\/12\/COVID-19-Upplysingar-um-hvar-haegt-er-ad-fara-i-hradprof\/\">Information about rapid tests and where to get a test<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19: Hertar a\u00f0ger\u00f0ir, 50 manna fj\u00f6ldatakmarkanir \u2013 st\u00f3r\u00e1tak \u00ed \u00f6rvunarb\u00f3lusetningum Heilbrig\u00f0isr\u00e1\u00f0herra hefur \u00ed samr\u00e6mi vi\u00f0 till\u00f6gur s\u00f3ttvarnal\u00e6knis \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 a\u00f0 her\u00f0a til muna s\u00f3ttvarnaa\u00f0ger\u00f0ir til a\u00f0 sporna vi\u00f0 hra\u00f0ri \u00fatbrei\u00f0slu Covid-19. A\u00f0ger\u00f0irnar taka gildi \u00e1 mi\u00f0n\u00e6tti. Almennar fj\u00f6ldatakmarkanir ver\u00f0a 50 manns en me\u00f0 notkun hra\u00f0pr\u00f3fa ver\u00f0ur heimilt a\u00f0 efna til vi\u00f0bur\u00f0a me\u00f0 a\u00f0 h\u00e1marki 500 manns [&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-14838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14838","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=14838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14838"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}