On April 25, 2020, Gov. Ige introduced a new supplementary emergency proclamation to proceed the necessary 14-day quarantine for all individuals touring to the state of Hawaii and/or touring inter-island. This quarantine is to proceed by way of Could 31, 2020. As a reminder, these are the quarantine requirements:
The necessary 14-day self-quarantine orders are:
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- Proceed instantly from the airport to your designated quarantine location, which is the placement recognized and affirmed by you on the necessary State of Hawai‘i Division of Agriculture Vegetation and Animals Declaration Type.
- Stay in your designated quarantine location for a interval of 14 days or the length of your keep within the State of Hawai‘i, whichever is shorter.
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- In case you are a resident, your designated quarantine location is your house of residence.
- In case you are a customer, your designated quarantine location is your lodge room or rented lodging.
- You may solely go away your designated quarantine location for medical emergencies or to hunt medical care.
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- Don’t go to any public areas, together with however not restricted to swimming pools, assembly rooms, health facilities or eating places.
- Don’t permit guests in or out of your designated quarantine location aside from a doctor, healthcare supplier, or particular person licensed to enter the designated quarantine location by the Director of HIEMA.
- Adjust to any and all guidelines or protocols associated to your quarantine as set forth by your lodge or rented lodging.
- Should you develop into in poor health with a fever or cough:
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- Proceed to remain in designated quarantine location, keep away from contact with others and speak to a healthcare supplier for additional directions on remedy or testing.
- In case you are older or have any medical situations (e.g., immune compromise, diabetes, bronchial asthma), seek the advice of your common healthcare supplier.
- Should you really feel you want medical care, contact healthcare supplier and inform them of your journey historical past.
- Should you want pressing medical care (e.g., have problem respiration), name 9-1-1 and let the dispatcher know your journey historical past).
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Failure to comply with this order is a misdemeanor and punishable by a most positive of $5,000, or imprisonment of not a couple of 12 months, or each. Enforcement shall be dealt with by every of Hawaiʻi’s 4 counties.
Along with the continuation of the quarantine necessities, the governor’s new supplementary emergency proclamation additionally prolonged Hawaii’s stay-at-home orders by way of Could 31, 2020. In his press convention, the governor stated,
“The stay-at-home order means residents might go away their houses just for varied important wants, together with healthcare, buying meals, medication, gasoline, caring for the aged, minors, or these with disabilities, returning to a spot of residence outdoors of Hawai‘i, choosing up instructional supplies for distance studying, receiving meals or different associated providers. Outside train can also be permitted – together with swimming, browsing and strolling pets.
As well as, operating, jogging or strolling on the seashore shall be permitted, so long as social distancing necessities are noticed.”
Within the governor’s April 25, 2020 press conference, he did point out that there’s a risk of enjoyable some restrictions earlier than the top of Could. That may be contingent on an additional lower within the variety of instances, complete testing and a surveillance capability and a well-developed contact tracing system.
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So, what’s going to occur in June and past? What does it imply for tourism? It’s all very speculative at this level. Nobody has expertise in restarting tourism within the dwindling days of a world pandemic. There’s not a swap to flip all the pieces again to regular beginning June 1, 2020.
Listed here are some questions we have now that nobody has the solutions to:
- May a customer quarantine be prolonged previous Could 31, 2020? After the 14-day quarantine is lifted, may a distinct quarantine be required? As an alternative of 14-days, would a shorter quarantine be required?
- Will any virus testing be required for incoming guests?
- When will eating places, excursions and sights reopen?
- When will seashores reopen for sunbathing and loitering?
- What kind of social distancing necessities will there be within the early days of reopening and going ahead?
- How rapidly after Could 31, 2020 can lodges, eating places and excursions restart and ramp up operations?
- How rapidly will the airways be capable of reply to rising flights again to Hawaii?
- Will guests be welcomed to Hawaii? Whereas some shall be welcoming, others dislike guests. Previous to the shutdown, there was a stigma constructing in opposition to guests. We nonetheless see and listen to the continuation of this stigma with some residents absolutely blaming guests for bringing the coronavirus to Hawaii although the overwhelming majority of instances have been introduced in by Hawaii residents who traveled outdoors of the state.
As you possibly can see, there are a number of inquiries to reply within the coming weeks.
Associated sources for an additional understanding of the ideas and plans to reopen tourism in Hawaii:
