COVID-19 vaccination in Iceland
Date | 27 December 2020 (2020-12-27) – present |
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Location | Nationwide |
Cause | COVID-19 pandemic |
Target | Full immunisation of people in Iceland against COVID-19 |
COVID-19 vaccination in Iceland is free of charge for everyone living in Iceland. As of May 2021, more than 150,000 individuals have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine,[1] which is over 44% of the country's population.[2] The vaccines approved for use in Iceland are Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson. Iceland has also signed a contract with CureVac.[3]
Vaccines on order[edit]
There are several COVID-19 vaccines at various stages of development around the world.
Vaccine | Approval | Deployment |
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Pfizer–BioNTech | 21 December 2020 | 27 December 2020 |
Moderna | 6 January 2021 | 12 January 2021 |
Oxford-AstraZeneca | 29 January 2021 | 7 February 2021 |
Janssen | 11 March 2021 | Yes |
CureVac | Pending | Pending |
Novavax | Pending | Pending |
Valneva | Pending | Pending |
Sanofi–GSK | Pending | Pending |
Priority schedule[edit]
Iceland has divided its population into ten groups in the order of priority of receiving COVID-19 vaccine. These groups are as follows:[4]
- Group 1: Healthcare professionals working at emergency wards.
- Group 2: Healthcare professionals working in outpatient wards.
- Group 3: People living in nursing homes.
- Group 4: Paramedics, ambulance staff, fire brigade employees and other essential workers.
- Group 5: Healthcare professionals in the primary care.
- Group 6: Individuals aged 60 years or above.
- Group 7: Individuals at risk due to underlying long-term illnesses.
- Group 8: Employees in schools and select groups of welfare and social workers.
- Group 9: People living in sensitive circumstances, fragile social and economic situations.
- Group 10: All others.
Everyone will be offered a chance to get a vaccine, but vaccination is not mandatory in Iceland. Pregnant women are not considered as a priority group for vaccination in Iceland.
Progress to date[edit]
Data as reported by Our World in Data.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Statistical information vaccine". www.covid.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "What's the status of COVID-19 vaccination in Iceland?". Iceland Review. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Vaccine agreements". www.covid.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Official information about COVID-19 in Iceland". www.covid.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ Our World in Data, owid-covid-data.csv, updated continuously
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