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State Health Director warns coronavirus is widespread on Oahu

Posted by skybrian
Tags: coronaviruses.covid19, outbreaks, usa.hi.oahu, health.public, bruce anderson, author.brittany lyte, source.civilbeat
https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/08/state-health-director-warns-coronavirus-is-now-widespread-on-oahu/

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Brittany Lyte
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Aug 4 2020
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  1. Silbern
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    Yeah, we've gotten a huge spike in cases the last two weeks here. Shame too, we were doing so well... :( I'm particularly worried (aside from the usual concerns that come with a COVID-19 outbreak)...

    Yeah, we've gotten a huge spike in cases the last two weeks here. Shame too, we were doing so well... :(

    I'm particularly worried (aside from the usual concerns that come with a COVID-19 outbreak) it might interfere with the proposed Japan-Hawaii travel exemption and the state's plan to allow foreigners and out of state visitors to come without a quarantine if they receive a negative COVID-19 test before arriving. Hawaii's buckling without our tourism industry and we already went from one of the lowest rates of unemployment in the US to one of the highest, when folks were already struggling to make ends meet. We can't go without visitors for much longer before it starts to get seriously bad...

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  2. skybrian
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    From the article:

    From the article:

    Hawaii now has seen 2,448 positive cases of coronavirus since state health officials started reporting testing results in March. More than 500 of those cases were reported in the last seven days, and most of them are on Oahu.

    Historically, about 1% to 2% of tests conducted in Hawaii have come back with positive COVID-19 results. But in recent days that percentage has crept up close to 5%.

    “Any time it gets over 5%, there’s reason for concern,” Anderson said. “Some of the states where they’re having large outbreaks have high rates of over 10%. And, obviously, we don’t want to be there.”

    The growing prevalence of COVID-19 in Hawaii could jeopardize the state’s ability to reopen public schools, bring college students back to campus and invite visitors to return to Hawaii, said Hawaii Gov. David Ige.

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