From Iceland — RVK Newscast #58: No Free Menstrual Products Nor Highlands National Park


Valur Grettisson
Photo by
Art Bicnick

Iceland will get the COVID-19 vaccine for 280,000 people, or 76% of the population. The first batch will arrive in Iceland at the end of this year with 10,600 doses. In other news, Parliament is still debating about turning the Highlands into a National Park and they recently rejected a proposal to make menstrual products free.
Location: Hafnarfjörður, Hellisgerði Park with ponds, rocks & elves

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