Hawaii reopening covid testing. David ige pushed back the reopening to. Shortage of covid 19 tests nationally throws cold water on hawaiis tourism reopening plan file photo of a testing lab in hawaii. Clinicians should use their judgment to determine if a patient has signs and symptoms compatible with covid 19 and whether the patient should be tested.
On july 13 hawaiis gov. The new option is modeled after a similar program in alaska which also has a 14 day quarantine rule for visitors although that state allows visitors to get a covid 19 test either before they. Reopening hawaii strategy conveys hawaiis coordinated statewide strategy to address the covid 19 health and economic crisis.
The september 1st reopening of tourism with a negative pre travel covid 19 test might be on shaky ground. Covid 19 case report form evaluation criteria most patients with confirmed covid 19 have developed fever subjective or confirmed andor symptoms of acute respiratory illness eg cough difficulty breathing. The department of healths doh disease outbreak control division reports an elderly oahu resident over the age of 60 is the 23rd recorded covid 19 death in the state.
As we mentioned last week hawaii big island mayor kim doesnt think that hawaii will be ready to reopen to tourists on september 1st. 1 a program that would allow trans pacific travelers to skip. Honolulu hawaii hawaiinewsnow in a major blow to the tourism industry the governor has announced plans to delay until sept.
He also said there will be a process for that which would involve quarantine until those results are received and confirmed. One additional covid 19 death and 23 new cases reported one additional covid 19 related death has been reported.