![]() ![]() Just last weekend, vaccine clinics were able to inoculate 54 individuals in Koloa, Hanama‘ulu and ‘Ele‘ele, focusing on public housing spaces and working with property managers. In partnership with the Malama Pono Health Services, Ho‘ola Lahui Hawai‘i has been hosting vaccine clinics at public housing as well as performing outreach to other vulnerable populations like the houseless, homebound and Marshallese and Pacific Islander communities along with the state’s Department of Health Kaua‘i District Office. “These things always take a little time to get into the rhythm,” Chong-Hanssen said. On a county level, Chong-Hanssen said those are being trained to transition to a new platform that will track and verify inoculations and dosages in the state. However, one of the challenges is that there has been no established federal registry to document vaccines amongst states. “We have good enough scientific data at this time.” ![]() “A vaccine passport is a good idea,” Chong-Hanssen said. Damien Kapono Chong-Hanssen Medical Director at Ho‘ola Lahui Hawai‘i/Kaua‘i Community Health Center said the timing is in favor of an immunity passport in Hawai‘i. Josh Green stated that an interisland passport should start in May.ĭr. David Ige suggested that an interisland vaccine passport is in the works for interisland travel during an interview with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The state is leading these plans and more information is geared to be released later this week, a county spokesperson said. A total of 15,891 were exempt from the quarantine by taking a pre-travel negative COVID-19 test. The majority, 13,269 were visitors and 3,530 were residents. The plan, Kawakami said, would exempt travelers from the 10-day travel quarantine without a pre-travel test.Ĭurrently, the only way to bypass the quarantine is with a negative COVID-19 test taken 72-hours prior to arrival by a state-approved partner and uploaded onto the state’s Safe Travels app.įrom the week of April 11-17, a total of 16,799 travelers came onto the island. “An increasing number of countries allow visitors only if they have been vaccinated or have had COVID-19,” Kawakami said. Mayor Derek Kawakami made the announcement Monday, during his Team Kaua‘i COVID-19 Briefing. LIHU‘E - The County of Kaua‘i is working on a vaccine passport in coordination with the state. ![]()
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