An Alert Phase after the coronavirus outbreak was announced by The National Commission of the Icelandic Police in 2020 .
On 28 February , Iceland confirmed the first case of COVID-19 , an Icelandic male in his forties , who had been on a ski trip to Andalo in Northern Italy and returned home on 22 February ; when he developed symptoms after his arrival , he was quarantined at Landspítali hospital in Reykjavík.  : //bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/  Subsequently The National Commission of the Icelandic Police declared an Alert Phase.
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe