Mahalo to Debbie Reza for this colourful Hawaii sundown shot for Aloha Friday Photos.
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Hawaii COVID-19 instances have been growing “exponentially” per Hawaii’s Director of Well being, Dr. Anderson. Oahu is the epicenter. The next graph illustrates simply how a lot the virus has elevated on Oahu. (Source)
Oahu is dwelling to roughly 67% of Hawaii’s inhabitants, however has logged 87% of the state’s instances.
Why have instances skyrocketed on Oahu? Current clusters have been traced again to massive gatherings in uncontrolled environments equivalent to events, scorching yoga courses, and, sadly, funerals.
In a press conference on Thursday, August 6, Gov. Ige and Oahu Mayor Caldwell introduced new restrictions. First, the necessary 14-day quarantine with inter-island journey that was lifted in June, will likely be partially reinstated. This order applies to passengers arriving on the counties of Kauai, Hawaii and Maui.
Subsequent, Mayor Caldwell of Oahu announced some stringent rules that go in impact Saturday, August eighth by means of September 4th. The brand new restrictions are summarized as follows:
- All Oahu parks, mountain climbing trails, botanical gardens and seashores are to be closed. Operating and strolling by means of the parks won’t be allowed. The parking tons for parks will even be closed.An individual might solely traverse the seaside to get out and in of the ocean.
- Parking tons for scenic lookouts like Halona Blowhole and Diamond Head will likely be closed.
- The Honolulu Police Division, which serves the complete island of Oahu, is allocating 160 extra officers to start extra strict enforcement of coronavirus-related guidelines and will likely be extra prone to difficulty citations and make arrests moderately than difficulty warnings.
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Within the press convention, Gov. Ige was requested if the plans to open tourism with a pre-travel COVID-19 take a look at on September 1st will go ahead. He stated they hope to announce these plans within the subsequent week. Notice that the plan has solely been introduced in a conceptual kind. Particulars haven’t but been finalized or launched.
If, and it’s an enormous if, Hawaii does open September 1st with the pre-travel take a look at program, and you’ve got a visit deliberate to Oahu between September 1st and 4th, contemplate the restrictions we listed above. Chances are you’ll wish to examine alternate options.
