Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest April 23, 2021
Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ 94 New COVID-19 Cases and One Additional Death Reported DOH reports 94 new cases of coronavirus today and the death of a Maui man, 40-49 yrs, who had been hospitalized, with underlying conditions. This report includes cases up until Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control Division website daily: hawaiicovid19.com/dashboard. Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 11:59 p.m. April 21, 2021 Island of Diagnosis New Cases Reported since 2/28/2020 (including new cases) O‘ahu 74 24,398 Hawai‘i 4 2,664 Maui 11 3,305 Kaua‘i 0 [...]
Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest April 22, 2021
Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ 101 New COVID-19 Cases and Two New Deaths Reported DOH reports 101 new cases of coronavirus today and the death of an O‘ahu man, 30-39 yrs, who had been hospitalized. It is not known whether he had underlying conditions. Additionally, the death of a Maui woman, 50-59 yrs., with underlying conditions and who had been in the hospital was reported. This report includes cases up until Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control Division website daily: hawaiicovid19.com/dashboard. Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of [...]
Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest April 20, 2021
Governor’s Office: Unrestricted Inter-island Travel for People Fully Vaccinated in Hawai‘i to Begin May 11 Governor Ige announced this afternoon that people who have been fully vaccinated in Hawai‘i can resume inter-county travel without COVID-19 testing and quarantine. The exception is for people who have received vaccines, two weeks after their last recommended dose. “We made the decision to start with an inter-county travel program for those vaccinated in the State of Hawai‘i, because we are able to verify the information. This phased approach will allow us to assess the impacts of the program to our pre-departure document check program [...]
Vaccine eligibility expands to residents 16 and older statewide
HONOLULU – Hawai‘i has reached Phase 2 of its COVID-19 vaccination program. This means all Hawai‘i residents age 16 and older are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine. Hawai‘i County, Maui County, and Kaua‘i County advanced to Phase 2 in early April. O‘ahu moved into Phase 2 this morning. “Schedule your vaccine as soon as you can,” advised Health Director Dr. Elizabeth Char. “We don’t have enough to vaccinate everyone immediately, but you can schedule your shot now. If you can’t get an appointment today, you’ll be able to get one in the near future.” People are urged to visit the [...]
All residents 16+ are becoming eligible April 19 and supply is still catching up—mahalo for your patience!
Starting Monday, April 19 all Hawai‘i residents age 16+ will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. This means 300,000 people will be newly eligible, bringing the total to more than 650,000 people in our state who are eligible and still unvaccinated. Limited supply continues to be Hawaii’s biggest challenge to meeting the demand for vaccination. Here at the Hawai‘i Department of Health, we acknowledge how frustrating it is that there is not yet enough vaccine to go around. We are hopeful that our vaccine supply will increase early next month and we can look forward to increasing access. Thank you for [...]
From zero to a million in four months!
In a year when time appears to play tricks on us, it may seem like quite a while ago when our only defenses against COVID-19 were masks, hand washing and physical distancing. Whether we’ve personally received a vaccine or not yet, we’ve come to count on COVID-19 vaccines to protect us—individually and collectively. Four short months ago—on December 14, 2020—Dr. Lester Morehead of The Queen’s Medical Center received the very first COVID-19 vaccine in Hawai‘i. And four months later—to the day—Hawai‘i surpassed the one million mark of doses administered across the state. That adds up to a significant percent of [...]
Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest April 13, 2021
Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ 64 New COVID-19 Cases Reported. DOH reports 64 new cases of coronavirus today. This report includes cases up until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control Division website daily: hawaiicovid19.com/dashboard. Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 11:59 p.m. April 11, 2021 Island of Diagnosis New Cases Reported since 2/28/2020 (including new cases) O‘ahu 39 23,836 Hawai‘i 6 2,589 Maui 18 3,148 Kaua‘i 0 199 Moloka‘i 0 34 Lānaʻi 0 111 HI residents diagnosed outside of HI 1 992 Total Cases 64 30,909+ Deaths [...]
Hawai‘i pauses Johnson & Johnson vaccinations
HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is pausing use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review data involving six cases in which individuals who received the Johnson &Johnson vaccine developed blood clots. “We’re are pausing out of an abundance of caution. Vaccine safety is of the utmost importance,” said Health Director Dr. Elizabeth Char. “The risk of developing a blood clot is very low. About 6.8 million Johnson & Johnson vaccines have been administered in the United States. Six [...]
Department of Health to provide free COVID-19 community testing at Jarrett Middle School April 16 & 18
HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is offering free public COVID-19 rapid testing in Pālolo Valley at Jarrett Middle School this coming Friday, April 16 and Sunday, April 18. This community COVID-19 testing will take place Friday evening from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and resume on Sunday morning from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Jarrett Middle School is located at 1903 Pālolo Avenue. There will be free parking in the school parking lot with overflow street parking on Kalua Road and nearby neighborhood streets. A total of about 225 rapid tests will be available. Please anticipate about [...]
Hawai‘i CARES: Compassion on call 24/7
We are all facing circumstances we never dreamed of a year ago. When Hawai‘i and much of the world went into lockdown last March 2020, most of us thought it would be short-lived and things would get back to normal in a few weeks—or months at most. More than a year later we’ve become accustomed to the “new normal” but that doesnʻt mean it’s easy. The pandemic has impacted our health, our income, our homes and schools and our relationships. Not surprisingly, the cumulative stress has impacted our collective mental health, with many more residents reporting symptoms such [...]