{"id":14935,"date":"2022-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/covid19-enn-meiri-tilslakanir\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:18:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:18:51","slug":"covid-19-further-easing-of-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/covid19-enn-meiri-tilslakanir\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 \u2013 further easing of restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>COVID-19: End of quarantine, 200-person limit, 1,000-person events permitted, etc.<\/h4>\n<p>Nearly 10,000 people will be released from quarantine today when the quarantine rules are repealed by regulation. At midnight, a regulation on gathering restrictions will then come into force, which includes relaxations, as detailed below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/default.aspx?pageid=e5cf150d-33a7-11e6-80c7-005056bc217f&amp;newsid=13289aa6-8b2f-11ec-8144-005056bc8c60\">See the announcement on the website of the Cabinet Office.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A regulation will be published today which includes <strong>Lifting of quarantine due to domestic infections.<\/strong> These changes take effect as soon as the regulation is published in the Official Gazette today. Those already in quarantine will therefore not need to attend a test to be released, and this also applies to those who were due to be tested today. Those who have been exposed to an infection will no longer be required to self-isolate, although it is still recommended. The requirement to take a test at the end of the isolation period will therefore also be removed. <strong>The rules on isolation will remain unchanged. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rules for arrivals <strong>Borders of Iceland<\/strong> do not change. <\/p>\n<p>At midnight, a new regulation on limiting gatherings comes into force, valid until 25 February. At the same time, a special regulation on limiting school activities is repealed.<\/p>\n<h4>The main changes to the social gathering restrictions are as follows:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>General mass restrictions: <\/strong>From 50 to 200 people indoors. Crowd restrictions outdoors are lifted.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shops: <\/strong>Capacity restrictions in shops are lifted.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mass events: <\/strong>Events for up to 1,000 people will be permitted, provided that everyone sits in a seat and wears a face covering. Intervals may be held and refreshments sold without restrictions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Face mask use: <\/strong>It will only be mandatory to wear a face covering if it is not possible to maintain the 1-metre rule.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exercise: <\/strong>Swimming and fitness centres, as well as ski areas, are permitted to welcome guests at full capacity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sports competitions and training: <\/strong>Competitions and training are permitted with 200 people in a zone.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schools: <\/strong>The regulation on the restriction of school activities is repealed. Thereafter, the general rules on gathering restrictions in schools apply, with exceptions for the purpose of clarification.<\/li>\n<li><strong>School entertainments: <\/strong>School dances may be held in primary and secondary schools without any restrictions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Venues with a licence to serve alcohol: <\/strong>Opening hours extended by one hour, i.e. guests may be received until midnight, but everyone must have left the premises by 1 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/default.aspx?pageid=e5cf150d-33a7-11e6-80c7-005056bc217f&amp;newsid=13289aa6-8b2f-11ec-8144-005056bc8c60\">See the announcement on the website of the Cabinet Office.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Attachments:<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/library\/04-Raduneytin\/Heilbrigdisraduneytid\/ymsar-skrar\/Regluger%c3%b0%20um%20einangrun%20og%20s%c3%b3ttvarnar%c3%a1%c3%b0stafanir%20%c3%a1%20landam%c3%a6rum%20%c3%8dslands%20vegna%20Covid-19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulations on quarantine and public health measures at the borders of Iceland due to COVID-19<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/library\/04-Raduneytin\/Heilbrigdisraduneytid\/ymsar-skrar\/Regluger%c3%b0%20um%20takm%c3%b6rkun%20%c3%a1%20samkomum%20vegna%20fars%c3%b3ttar.%2011.%20feb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulations on the restriction of gatherings due to the pandemic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/library\/04-Raduneytin\/Heilbrigdisraduneytid\/ymsar-skrar\/Minnisblad-afl%c3%a9tting%20takmarkana-09022022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memorandum from the Chief Medical Officer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19: Afn\u00e1m s\u00f3ttkv\u00edar, fj\u00f6ldatakm\u00f6rk \u00ed 200 manns, 1.000 manna vi\u00f0bur\u00f0ir heimila\u00f0ir o.fl. H\u00e1tt \u00ed 10.000 manns losna undan s\u00f3ttkv\u00ed \u00ed dag \u00feegar reglur um s\u00f3ttkv\u00ed falla brott me\u00f0 regluger\u00f0. \u00c1 mi\u00f0n\u00e6tti tekur svo gildi regluger\u00f0 um samkomutakmarkanir sem felur \u00ed s\u00e9r tilslakanir, l\u00edkt og n\u00e1nar er t\u00edunda\u00f0 h\u00e9r a\u00f0 ne\u00f0an. Sj\u00e1 tilkynningu \u00e1 vef Stj\u00f3rnarr\u00e1\u00f0sins\u00a0 [&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-14935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14935","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=14935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14935"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}