Has Iceland imposed a ban on Covid-19 vaccine? Here's the truth
Iceland has categorically denied news that is floating with claims on social media that the country had banned COVID-19 vaccines amid soaring deaths. The health authority said that there was no ban on Covid shots and there were “no soaring sudden deaths”.
The claim about COVID-19 vaccine ban
According to a claim on social media handles — X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram --that Iceland has banned COVID-19 vaccinations amid 'soaring sudden deaths'. An Instagram post dated November 26 had posted a screenshot of a post from X sharing what seems to be news that Iceland has banned the vaccine.
According to a post on X, «Alert: Iceland Bans Covid Shots amid Soaring Deaths. It's clear now. #mRNA #CovidVaccines are responsible for soaring deaths across the world yet #NewZealand #Australia #Canada #USA and others are still pushing the shots. #ExcessDeaths #DiedSuddenly.»
As the news was posted on social media, in three days, the Instagram post received over 300 likes, while there were around 6,000 likes for the X post during the same period.
Iceland busts claim
After the viral news, Iceland's chief epidemiologist said that the country has «not banned COVID-19 vaccines», and there have not been «soaring sudden deaths». He further added that there is a seasonal vaccination campaign in progress, and COVID-19 vaccinations are available.
Seasonal vaccination begins
According to Gudrun Aspelund, head epidemiologist at the nation's Center for Health Security and Communicable Disease Control, Iceland is administering the most recent version of Pfizer's Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine.
Aspelund added that COVID-19 shots are being given and recommended to some of the high-risk groups, however, there are no immediate plans to vaccinate
