Beginning at the moment, September 1, a brand new “Secure Travels” utility turns into necessary for all trans-Pacific and inter-island vacationers to/in Hawaii. The appliance might be discovered at https://travel.hawaii.gov. The next video offers a fundamental overview of the method:
So, what is that this utility? It’s a digital/on-line app that collects required well being and journey data and creates a technique to maintain in touch with vacationers. It replaces the earlier paper course of and is meant to avoid wasting time for vacationers and directors.
The “Secure Travels” app is taken into account to be part of the process that will eventually allow visitors to bypass quarantine by presenting a detrimental COVID-19 check. That course of might begin October 1, 2020 on the earliest.
The announcement concerning this new utility states,
“Vacationers are inspired to enter their data and journey particulars effectively upfront of their flight. As soon as their well being data is entered 24 hours earlier than departure, vacationers obtain a QR code through electronic mail. The QR code on their cellular machine or printed on paper will get scanned by the airport screener upon arrival.”
The announcement additionally says,
“This new on-line utility will present the State Division of Well being (DOH) entry to the necessary well being data that passengers want to offer to observe and defend public well being in real-time. It can be utilized by the Dept. of the Lawyer Normal and county legislation enforcement officers to implement the quarantine guidelines.”
There’s no element offered about what the monitoring in real-time points embody. We hope officers will make clear that.
There’s a page of FAQs that’s positively value reviewing because it solutions extra common questions on why the app is required, what it does and so forth. If it is advisable to full this way, there’s a help page that you could be wish to reference as effectively.
