From Iceland — RVK Newscast #46: Record COVID-Deaths, Dangerous Minks & The U.S. Elections


Valur Grettisson
Photo by
Art Bicnick

Five people died from COVID-19 in Iceland over the weekend, which now leaves the country with 23 fatalities as a result of the pandemic. The good news though is that this third wave is slowly going down. Only 16 positive cases were reported yesterday and of those, only two were not in quarantine. In other news, minks will be tested for COVID-19 in Iceland after reports of a viral mutation were found in Danish mink farms. We also go over the recent election results in the U.S.A. and visit the historic Höfði building, the spot where the Cold War was put to an end.

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