{"id":4137,"date":"2025-10-14T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/?p=4137"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:16:14","slug":"bolusetning-gegn-arlegri-influensu-veturinn-2025%e2%88%922026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/bolusetning-gegn-arlegri-influensu-veturinn-2025%e2%88%922026\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual influenza vaccination in the winter of 2025\u22122026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Annual influenza vaccination is starting, in October there will be an emphasis on vaccinating people in priority groups. Those not in priority groups will be offered vaccination More \u203a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To book an appointment for vaccination in \u00cdsafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, call 450-4500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For vaccination in Patreksfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, call 450-2000.<br><br>The groups that are prioritized for influenza vaccination are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>People 60 years of age and older.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Children born between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2025 who have reached six months of age at the time of vaccination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All children and adults suffering from chronic heart, lung, kidney and liver diseases, obesity, diabetes, malignant diseases and other immunosuppressive diseases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pregnant women.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Healthcare workers caring for people in the risk groups listed above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People at occupational risk due to coinfection with seasonal influenza and avian influenza as defined in <a href=\"https:\/\/eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fisland.is%2Fs%2Flandlaeknir%2Ffrett%2Fvidauki-vid-forgangshopa-i-influensubolusetningar-veturinn-2023-2024&amp;data=05%7C02%7Candrea.gylfadottir%40hvest.is%7C7e17c1c43fca4b187f1808de0a718638%7C988f9547e7994d93a29f2377f392c9c2%7C0%7C0%7C638959679870575867%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Y7vhIQU5QtdlnKx6IGAMShwznS6GJFRm%2FzbGLPNNmOc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">News from the Office of the Director of Health from the year 2023.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to remember to wear a T-shirt under your clothes for the vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Not vaccinated against Covid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Covid vaccination will not be offered at the same time as the influenza vaccination, according to the recommendations of the Chief Epidemiologist. You can read more about the status of Covid vaccinations at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fisland.is%2Fs%2Flandlaeknir%2Ffrett%2Fleidbeiningar-um-covid-19-bolusetningar-veturinn-2025-2026-birtar&amp;data=05%7C02%7Candrea.gylfadottir%40hvest.is%7C7e17c1c43fca4b187f1808de0a718638%7C988f9547e7994d93a29f2377f392c9c2%7C0%7C0%7C638959679870583649%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Fw1aMw8B4qEvuizOtlBx96OEoABOts9%2FOkF4tqjOfAE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">website of the Director of Health&#039;s Office.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual influenza vaccination is starting, in October there will be an emphasis on vaccinating people in priority groups. Those not in priority groups will be offered vaccination More \u203a <a href=\"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/bolusetning-gegn-arlegri-influensu-veturinn-2025%e2%88%922026\/\">More \u203a<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bolusetningar","category-efni"],"modified_by":"AG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}