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The announced prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir at a press conference on Tuesday, and told that it was the faroe islands and Greenland, the country opens its borders, according to the Reykjavik Grapewine.

- We are positively surprised how quickly the pandemic has reduced here in Iceland, says the country's sjefsepidemolog Thorolfur Gudnason in a press release, posted on the government's website.

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It will also be opened for visitors from other countries in the Schengen area at the earliest 25. may, writes NRK. Which countries this applies to, is currently not known. In the first place need visitors to test themselves for infection and go in two week quarantine.

- It is extremely important that we are vigilant and do what we can to minimize the risk of a new outbreak. If we see any signs that the virus does, we are prepared to take the appropriate measures to locate and reverse the infection, " says Gudnason in the press release.

Iceland is the country that have registered the fewest deaths linked to coronapandemien in the Nordic region, with ten in total. The country has not registered new infections in the last five days.

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