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HONOLULU — The holiday season is a time for celebrations and parties with family, friends and co-workers, but large gatherings are the primary cause of COVID-19 clusters. To demonstrate how to gather safely with ‘ohana, friends, and co-workers, the Hawai‘i Department of Health has produced a new campaign called “How to Gather. For Real.” The ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Health launches new safe gatherings campaign in time for the holidays

Office of the Governor:  First International Flight Under Safe Travels Program Arrives  International travel to Hawai‘i resumed today with the arrival of 64 travelers from Japan on an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo. The visitors are the first to take part in the state’s pre-travel testing program that now includes ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 6, 2020

Department of Health:  Complete COVID-19 Data Available on Newly Expanded Dashboard  The COVID-19 dashboard has complete statistics, visualizations, graphs and charts on all health and economic related factors. The dashboard is updated at 3 p.m. daily: HawaiiCOVID19.com/dashboard. For a second day in a row DOH is reporting triple digit cases with 100 new coronavirus infections today. No ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 5, 2020

Office of the Lieutenant Governor:  Safe Travels Testing Evaluation Program Update  Known as a strategic surveillance study, the Safe Travels Testing Evaluation Program, collects and evaluates data from COVID-19 testing of travelers after they’ve arrived in Hawai‘i. Lt. Gov. Josh Green said, “We are at a critical point in the pandemic, where we need to ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 4, 2020

Office of the Governor: Additional Trusted Testing Partners Sought for Domestic Travel Governor Ige announced today that the state is seeking additional “trusted testing partners” for domestic transpacific travel as part of the state’s pre-travel testing program. Governor Ige also revealed the two requirements and at least one of the six criteria needed to become ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 2, 2020