Icelandic Food Production Provides Plenty of Protein Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Kristján Þór Júlíusson. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafstað Icelandic food production has grown in recent years, supplying Icelanders with most of the food they need, especially when it comes to protein. This is revealed in a report , done by the Agricultural University of Iceland at the request of Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Kristján Þór Júlíusson, Iceland produces 43 percent of vegetables consumed in the country, 90 percent of meat, 96 percent of eggs, and 99 percent of dairy products. It does, by contrast, only produce one percent of grains used for human consumption in the country.
Talks with Pfizer to Continue Today Vala Hafstað
Representatives of Icelandic authorities will be meeting online today, Tuesday, with representatives of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer to discuss the possibility of Pfizer conducting a phase IV trial of their COVID-19 vaccine in Iceland in order to research, among other things, whether herd immunity can be achieved. Talks to this effect have been ongoing since December.
Morgunblaðið’s sources indicate that a decision is likely to be made following today’s meeting.
Should the study be approved, the infrastructure needed for the project is well underway. Laugardalshöll sports center in Reykjavík has already been converted into a mass vaccination site, where thousands of people could potentially be vaccinated a day. The vaccination facility on Suðurlandsbraut, Reykjavík, which has been used so far, offers limited parking space, while Laugardalshöll has about 1,400 parking spots.
Due to inclement weather on K2, a Pakistani Army helicopter could only complete one flight yesterday searching for mountaineers John Snorri Sigurjónsson, from Iceland, Ali Sadpara, from Pakistan, and Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto, from Chile.