{"id":590,"date":"2021-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gyl.fi\/hvest\/2021\/09\/15\/covid-prof_a_vestfjordum_bokast_nu_a_heilsuveru\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T11:30:07","slug":"covid-prof_a_vestfjordum_bokast_nu_a_heilsuveru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/covid-prof_a_vestfjordum_bokast_nu_a_heilsuveru\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid tests in the Westfjords can now be booked at Heilsuvera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For English version,&nbsp;<a href=\"\/\/\/frettir\/Covid-testing_in_the_Westfjords\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>New in September: all exams are now booked online, except for people going abroad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Symptom test and quick test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have flu-like symptoms, you can now book a sampling at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heilsuvera.is\">Heilsuvera.is<\/a><\/strong> every day of the week. You can also book a quick test there for big events. Enter the <em>My pages<\/em> and select <em>Covid-19<\/em> in the menu on the left. \u00cdsafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and Patreksfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur are now among the sampling locations that can be selected. Those who are asymptomatic in quarantine or aseptic will receive an invitation automatically and do not need to book an appointment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Follow instructions and do not enter the hospitals. See attached picture for location. Come by car, bike or on foot. The samples are taken at \u00cdsafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur every weekday at 13:00 (PCR) and 13:30 (rapid test) but at 8:30 on Saturdays. At Patreksfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, samples are taken on weekdays at 10:00 (PCR) and 10:15 (rapid test) but on Wednesdays at 9:00 (PCR) and 9:15 (rapid test). Sampling on weekends is carried out if the doctor deems it necessary after a call through 1700.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Certificate for travel abroad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many countries require a certificate of a negative Covid sample upon arrival in the country. These tests are not considered an epidemic prevention measure and are therefore not carried out in the Westfjords. These tests are available in Reykjav\u00edk, but the Safety Center&#039;s rapid test is especially recommended. See the website of the Security Center (oryggi.is) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.is\">travel.covid.is<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img src='\/hvest\/gamlar_myndir\/l_image61407340784a9.jpg'><br \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Author: G\u00d3<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the English version, click here. New in September: all exams are now booked online, except for people going abroad. Symptom tests and rapid tests If you have flu-like symptoms, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/covid-prof_a_vestfjordum_bokast_nu_a_heilsuveru\/\">More \u203a<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-af-eldri-vef","category-covid"],"modified_by":"Ritstj.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}