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Roy Takemoto
Managing Director
Harry Kim
Mayor
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawai‘i
Office of the Mayor
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 (808) 961-8211 Fax (808) 961-6553
KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Hwy., Bldg C Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740
(808) 323-4444 Fax (808) 323-4440
October 20, 2020
NEWS RELEASE
Interisland Travelers to Hawai‘i Island Now Have Choices to Avoid Quarantine
Interisland travelers to Hawai‘i County will have choices on how to avoid quarantine
after they arrive.
The new system, effective October 21, will enable interisland travelers to either test for
COVID-19 no more than 72 hours before traveling to Hawai‘i Island, or be tested after
arrival. A negative post-arrival test would allow the traveler to be released from
quarantine. This means that Hawai‘i County will now be in line with the statewide
interisland 72-hour pre-travel test policy.
“The new system allows people to determine how long or if they’ll be quarantined,” said
Mayor Harry Kim. “We wanted to come up with a policy that would address the current
system’s problems, such as the large number of people that had to be quarantined for
14 days and the inability of the County to monitor and enforce the quarantine policies.”
“This new policy is simpler, more sustainable and gives people a choice,” the Mayor
said. “It will also lessen the number of people under quarantine.”
Amendment No. 2 extends the Mayor’s COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 12 and
Amendment to Mayor’s COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 12, and is effective from 12:01
a.m. October 21, 2020, through 7:00 a.m. November 30, 2020.
For more information, please call Civil Defense at 935-0031. The online format for
seeking modified self-quarantine or an exemption from the self-quarantine is:
https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/e2f4ce19aa854964a8fd60bec7fbe78c
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County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.