Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 17

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Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 17 Page 2 of 17 the transmission of COVID-19. To date, the number of documented cases of COVID-19 in the State is in excess of 57,235, and there have been at least 565deaths attributed to this disease in the State. The dramatic increase in community spread of COVID-19 has resulted in increased hospitalization and strained health care resources, including utilization of all ICU hospital beds on island. Without immediate action, the County of Hawai‘i is unable to meet urgent health care needs of our island community. As a result, it has become necessary to re-implement more stringent restrictions in order to reduce the threat of spread and enable our health care resources to meet urgent health care needs attributable to the spread of COVID-19. I, Mitchell D. Roth, Mayor of the County of Hawaiʻi, hereby authorize the following: A. Work in Businesses or Operations All businesses, operations, and activities are permitted to remain open except those businesses, operations and activities delineated in Exhibit 5, or as otherwise provided by this rule, and subject to all face covering, safety restrictions and physical distancing requirements of this rule, the Governor’s Emergency Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Response, dated August 5, 2021, as may be amended, and EO 21-05 and any subsequent proclamations or orders. Nothing in this rule shall prevent businesses, operations or activity sponsors from protecting their employees and customers by requiring proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID test of employees or customers as a condition to entry into the business establishment, operation or to participating in an activity. 1. Retail businesses are encouraged to limit the number of customers to a single household member. B. County Government Operations 1. Entry into County Buildings and Department offices that are occupied/staffed by county employees, contractors, and volunteers in furtherance of their work duties (collectively “County Facilities” or individually “County Facility”) shall be limited to those members of the public carrying out “Official County Business”, as described below, subject to social distancing and other requirements set forth in this Rule, except as otherwise stated herein.