Beginning immediately, September 1, a brand new “Protected Travels” software turns into necessary for all trans-Pacific and inter-island vacationers to/in Hawaii. The applying will be discovered at https://travel.hawaii.gov. The next video offers a primary overview of the method:
So, what is that this software? It’s a digital/on-line app that collects required well being and journey data and creates a option to preserve involved with vacationers. It replaces the earlier paper course of and is meant to save lots of time for vacationers and directors.
The “Protected Travels” app is taken into account to be part of the process that will eventually allow visitors to bypass quarantine by presenting a damaging COVID-19 check. That course of could begin October 1, 2020 on the earliest.
The announcement relating to this new software states,
“Vacationers are inspired to enter their data and journey particulars properly prematurely of their flight. As soon as their well being data is entered 24 hours earlier than departure, vacationers obtain a QR code by way of e-mail. The QR code on their cell machine or printed on paper will get scanned by the airport screener upon arrival.”
The announcement additionally says,
“This new on-line software will present the State Division of Well being (DOH) entry to the necessary well being data that passengers want to offer to observe and shield public well being in real-time. It may also be utilized by the Dept. of the Lawyer Basic and county regulation enforcement officers to implement the quarantine guidelines.”
There’s no element supplied about what the monitoring in real-time points embrace. 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 properly.
