Hittade följande tillfälliga lösning. Funkar för mig:
Just got a reply from an Apple engineer. They are working on resolving the issue in a next iOS update.
In the meantime there is a way to solve the issue.
Go into
Settings > Safari > Advanced
and turn off JavaScript
Go back to Safari and force close it (double click home button, swipe up Safari)
Now open Safari again and . . . url hyperlinks work again.
Obviously, this solution comes at the small inconvenience that websites using JavaScript will not be rendering in an optimal manner.
That is for the next iOS update.