Hawaii tentatively reopening to tourists October 15

Brekke Fletcher, CNN • Published 17th September 2020

(CNN) — Here we go again. Again.

Since June, Hawaii has been going back and forth on its decision-making around allowing tourists to return without a mandatory 14-day quarantine. Having announced target dates for reopening three previous times.

According a news release dated September 16, "Gov. David Ige today announced a new leadership team that will oversee the state's public health response to Covid-19 and the pre-travel testing program for Covid-19, which will start October 15."



The testing program, originally announced by Ige on June 24, lets incoming passengers avoid quarantine "if they are tested no earlier than 72 hours before their flight arrives with an FDA-approved nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), performed using a nasal swab, and can show proof of negative test results from a CLIA certified laboratory."

In addition, arriving passengers can expect to have their temperatures checked and must have filled out a travel health form. If a visitor arrives without the required test results, they will be quarantined for 14 days or until they provide proof of a negative test.

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