In a press conference on August 18, 2020, Governor Ige introduced the delay of the pre-travel testing program to open Hawaii’s tourism. The pre-travel testing program was initially because of start August 1. Then it was delayed to September 1. The new begin date is October 1 on the earliest. The delay is because of the surging instances of COVID-19, significantly on Oahu.
For anybody who travels to Hawaii from exterior of the state previous to the beginning of the pre-travel testing program, they need to quarantine for 14 days. For particulars of the quarantine orders, see this link to the Hawaii Tourism Authority alerts page.
The identical press convention included new restrictions on Oahu. Efficient on Oahu for 28 days beginning August 20, 2020 at 12:01 a.m.
- Seashores, parks and trails will stay closed.
- No gatherings of greater than 5 folks both indoors (together with personal residences) or outside on Oahu.
- Masks required – together with indoor and outside purchasing malls
- Earn a living from home, if attainable
- Eating places, malls, retailers, church buildings (with out singing or wind devices), gyms and different service are allowed to remain open so long as they police themselves and members/clients to put on masks.
Per Hawaii’s Director of Well being, new instances are largely accountable because of gatherings with out sporting masks or bodily distancing. Lots of the new instances resulted in individuals who attended gatherings, then proceeded to work whereas in poor health.
