Iceland will lift all public COVID-19 restrictions starting Friday, saying that herd immunity is the way out of the pandemic. “We are returning to normal life but the virus is still with us,” Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir told reporters on Wednesday, reported AFP. She said the country may impose new restrictions if needed, such as if a new variant emerges. The country’s minister of health, Willum Þór Þórsson, said in a statement, “We can truly rejoice at this turning-point, but nonetheless I encourage people to be careful, practice personal infection prevention measures, and not to interact with others if they notice symptoms.” Both domestically and at the border, all rules on quarantine, social gatherings, and school regulations regarding COVID-19 will be removed, Willum announced. This includes rules on a gathering limit of 200 people indoors. “[N]o disease prevention measures will be in place at the border, regardless of whether individuals are vaccinated …