… Hawaii’s lieutenant governor nonetheless says that they’re working in direction of opening up journey to/from the mainland with testing. From his summary video on June 10, he stated,
“You all know we’re going to open up interisland journey on the 16th [of June] however we’re working in direction of a month later opening up Hawaii with a take a look at. So, testing on the mainland, working with CVS, that may give us some additional layer of safety.”
You’ll be able to watch his full abstract video right here:
Within the above video, Lt. Gov. Inexperienced doesn’t explicitly say that they’re working in direction of reopening with testing in mid-July, however it might be inferred. This aligns with a segment/article from KHON on June 9 wherein Lt. Gov. Inexperienced says he’s pushing to have this testing course of in place by July 15, however the governor will make the choice.
On June 10 at Gov. Ige’s press convention, he introduced the extension of the trans-Pacific traveler quarantine via July 31, 2020. You’ll be able to watch the press convention on the next video. (The primary 12 minutes of the video cowl the factors which can be most pertinent for out-of-state and worldwide vacationers.)
The governor stated,
“Definitely, we proceed to search for alternatives to ask visitors from out of state. We shall be working via and discovering options that permits us to carry vacationers from out of state again to the state of Hawaii in a secure and safe method. So, keep tuned. We anticipate with the ability to present extra particulars on after we will restore trans-Pacific journey to the islands.”
He went on to say new, multi-layered processes in very normal phrases. The processes embody temperature and well being screenings, COVID-19 testing and secure journey corridors. (A journey hall on this context is a gap of journey between two locations with related, low charges of COVID-19 infections.)
So far as the journey corridors, Gov. Ige mentions the potential of opening corridors with Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia. So far as mainland states that might be thought of with a journey hall, he mentions Alaska, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.
Are Hawaii’s governor and lieutenant governor on the identical web page and dealing in direction of the identical objectives and timelines? It’s potential, however we’re going to have to attend and see.
On this similar subject, it’s value noting that the interisland quarantine was initially set to increase via June 30 and can as an alternative be lifted on June 16. So, it’s not outdoors of the realm of chance that the quarantine for out-of-state vacationers might be lifted earlier than the brand new extension of July 31 with new procedures.
