The coronavirus pandemic has surged worldwide and Iceland has also suffered from the disease. The infection rate of Coronavirus in Iceland is roughly 22 times greater than Australia’s. It now has the world’s highest rate of confirmed coronavirus cases that continue to spread due to its weather conditions. Research has proven that heat and humidity can play a possible role in decreasing the effects of coronavirus in Iceland. But the sun’s UV rays seem to play a larger role in the rate of spread of COVID-19. Because Iceland is so far up north, having a latitude of 64.1 and its mainland only a few degrees south of the Arctic Circle – the mainland receives only a few hours of sunlight even during which the UV rays are not strong enough. Iceland gets almost no ultraviolet radiation during the winter. Iceland’s case detection is probably the most complete of any country over the globe which explains its high per capita cases. The predictions about coronavirus in Iceland have changed drastically since March 19 due to the exponential growth of the pandemic. The number of cases registered has almost doubled since then. How Coronavirus cases increased? On February 20, Coronavirus in Iceland was first confirmed in an Icelandic male nearly in his 40’s who had been on a trip to Italy and returned on February 22. Post developing symptoms after his arrival, he was quarantined in a hospital in Reykjavík. After this, the National Commission of the Icelandic Police declared an alert phase throughout the country. On March 1, a 2nd and a 3rd case were confirmed in an Icelandic male and female each returning from Verona and Italy. On March 2, an additional two cases were confirmed that brought the total to nine, 5 men and 4 women. Five of whose
The coronavirus pandemic has surged worldwide and Iceland has also suffered from the disease. The infection rate of Coronavirus in Iceland is roughly 22 times greater than Australia’s. It now has the world’s highest rate
