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MEDIA UPDATE
Incident: Coronavirus Update Message
This is a Civil Defense message.
Date: March 21, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM
Frequency: Every 3 hours
Update #: 1
This is a Coronavirus informational update for Saturday, March 21 at 4:00 in the afternoon.
On State of Hawaii Updates:
By order of the Governor of Hawaii, starting this Thursday, March 26th, all Hawaii -inbound
passengers of all international and domestic commercial and private flights and all Hawaii -inbound
passengers of all cruise line ships will be subject to a mandatory 14 -day quarantine upon arrival.
Mandatory quarantine protects the population from persons that may have potentially been
exposed to the coronavirus and will be required by law to be isolated and monitored. This order
will be in effect until further notice.
All passengers will;
o Remain at home or at hotel.
o Self -monitor their health for 14 days.
o Monitor their temperature for temperature above 100.4.
o If fever or cough is present or develops, seek medical care.
o If medical care is needed, call ahead to your doctor or emergency room and let them know
about your travel history and symptoms.
o If you need urgent medical care, call 911.
For details of the Governor's order and imposing of mandatory quarantine of all passengers,
please visit hawaiicounty.gov/coronavirus.
Your Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency will continue to give you daily updates and you will
be notified of any changes that may affect your safety.
Thank you for listening.
Have a safe day.
This is your Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency.