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COVID-19 Update Log, October 21, 2020 Hawaii Public Policy COVID-19 Update Log, October 21, 2020 Hawaii Public Policy Advocates/Hawaii Dental Association Date COVID-19 Update Links 10/21/20 Mayor Caldwell has submitted an order to Governor Ige to move Oahu Oahu poised to move to Tier 2 restrictions later this from Tier 1 to Tier 2, which is expected to be approved before the end of week: the week. In Tier 2, restaurants will be allowed to serve people from https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/20/breaking- different households, gyms will reopen with limited capacity, and short- news/honolulu-mayor-kirk-caldwell-sends-order-for- term vacation rentals will be allowed to operate. Social gatherings, second-tier-of-economic-reopening-to-gov-david-ige-for- including those that are outdoors, are still limited to five people. In order to approval/ move to Tier 3, at minimum Oahu must remain in Tier 2 for four weeks and have two consecutive weeks of under 50 daily cases and under 2.5% Oahu voters disapprove of Governor Ige’s COVID-19 positivity test rate. There is also the possibility of moving back to Tier 1 if response: daily case counts exceed 100 for two consecutive weeks. https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/21/hawaii- news/most-oahu-voters-say-the-governor-could-have- In a poll of Oahu voters, 57% disapproved on Governor Ige’s response to handled-covid-better/ COVID-19, with some saying they believe he has not shown leadership and let the mayors make the decisions. On the positive side, 55% agree with the Majority of Oahu voters want at least some amount of in- pretest travel program. In the same poll, 47% supported a blended learning person instruction at public schools: model for public schools, 20% supported all in-person classes, and 17% https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/21/hawaii- supported online instruction only. news/full-distance-learning-unpopular-with-honolulu- voters/ Governor Ige, alongside the Chamber of Commerce, announced the $25 million Hawaii Business Pivot Grant Program aimed at supporting small Hawaii Business Pivot Grant Program announced: businesses and non-profits (under 100 employees) with up to $10,000 of https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/21/hawaii- aid to help those needing to change operations and business models to news/25-million-in-grants-available-to-isle-businesses- adapt to the new COVID-19 business world. Approved activities for grant nonprofits/ awards include website development, social media, equipment purchases, reconfiguring spaces, consulting services, etc. 10/20/20 Polling shows Oahu residents relatively split on the speed in which the Poll shows growing optimism about Hawaii’s economy economy will recover. 44% of respondents believe the state’s economy will from Oahu residents: be back to normal in less than two years, while 43% believe it will be over https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/20/hawaii- two years. The poll shows slightly more optimism than a similar study news/residents-optimistic-about-states-economic- conducted in July. Just over one-third of respondents said someone in their recovery-hawaii-poll-shows/ household had lost a job due to the pandemic. State economists are projecting at least a three-year recovery at this time. As of October 10th, the Revised guidelines for schools reopening by counties: state’s economy had recovered to 37% of pre-COVID numbers. https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/20/hawaii- news/hawaii-health-department-updates-guidance-for- schools-reopening/ The Department of Health, in collaboration with the Department of Education, released revised guidance on schools reopening based on Oahu reminding residents that masks must be worn at all averages for daily case rates and positivity rates (similar to the tiered times in public: economic reopening approach). Based on the most recent data, Oahu and https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/10/honolulu-you-need- Hawaii Island could start blended learning (a mixture of in-person and to-wear-masks-outside-even-with-your-own-family/ distance) while the other islands could return to full in-person instruction. Any change between models would be done in a phased approach. The teacher’s union, which has been very critical over the school reopening process and guidelines, believe the new model is an “improvement.” Oahu residents are being reminded that facemasks are required when in public, even when socially distanced and/or with household members. As the island has reopened, it is clear that the mask guidance is not being followed, particularly outdoors. Residents are being reminded that non- compliance could lead to a citation. The county is also planning to announce a loosening of restrictions on Thursday with a possible move to Tier 2 business guidelines. 10/17/20 The results of the new travel program have been mixed thus far. In a 10,000 arrivals create strain on airport processes: surprising development to state officials, the final count was over 10,000 https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/17/hawaii- passengers on the first day of the travel reopening, much higher than news/high-passenger-counts-for-tourisms-restart-strain- expected which created a strain on airport procedures. Hawaii County, the-airport-entry-process-especially-on-hawaii-island/ which is implementing a post-arrival test, struggled with efficiency as some passengers waited up to four hours for results which led to them being New rapid test from local lab close to FDA approval: released from the airport late in the evening without clearance to skip https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/17/hawaii- quarantine. The state is asking airlines to work together to stagger flights to news/oceanit-readies-rapid-covid-19-test-developed-in- try and avoid backlogs like that in the future. The Office of Enterprise hawaii-for-fda-approval/ Services, which manages the Safe Travels App, said 60% of passengers cleared the quarantine while 14% were subject to quarantine because of Hawaii submits plan to CDC to deploy eventual pending test results or choosing to opt out of the pretest program. The vaccination, but will not share plan publicly: office was unable to explain why its data did not account for over 25% of https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/10/hawaiis-covid-19- the passengers. vaccination-plan-is-ready-but-the-state-is-keeping-it- under-wraps/ Oceanit, a local laboratory that has created a rapid test using saliva, expects FDA approval in the coming weeks though the product may not be on the market for months. The cost of the test will range from $5 to $20 and could be used to support the reopening of schools, businesses, and travel. Results are known within 3 to 10 minutes and the test will be called ASSURE-19. In regards to a potential vaccination, Hawaii officials have submitted a plan to the CDC to deploy a vaccination (once approved) but have not shared the plan publicly. 10/16/20 On the first day of the travel reopening with a negative pretest, Hawaii saw Travel reopens with over 8,000 passengers coming to over 8,000 passengers which is a little more than one-third of the daily Hawaii: travel traffic compared to October 2019 (about 30 flights versus 100 https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/16/hawaii- flights). State officials are pleased with the opening number and airline news/more-than-8000-out-of-state-passengers-fly-into- executives are saying the demand is fairly strong through Thanksgiving. hawaii-on-the-first-day-they-could-test-out-of-a-travel- Visitor industry representatives believe travelers are still confused about quarantine/ the restrictions and guidelines, particularly the differences between the islands. There is also the belief that many of the 8,000 passengers are Oahu on track to move to Tier 2 restrictions next week: returning residents or people coming to visit family, which does not help https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/16/hawaii- the hotels and tourist-based businesses. news/oahu-on-track-to-move-to-tier-2-of-reopening- strategy/ Oahu Mayor Kirk Caldwell announced the county is on track to move to Tier 2 guidelines next week. This would lessen restrictions on gyms, restaurants, and personal services, among other things. The current seven-day average for daily cases on Oahu is 67 (the 16th straight day it’s been in Tier 2 range) and the test positivity rate is 3.3% (the 22nd straight day it’s been in Tier 2 range). The Mayor warned that while the trend is good, with tourism reopening and schools eventually going back into some type of in-person instruction, it is easy to fall back to more restrictive tiers so he’s urging the public to remain vigilant. 10/15/20 As tourism reopens today for travelers with a negative pretest, there are Tourism reopens today for travelers with a negative mixed reactions from the community. State officials and the business pretest: community are anxious to reopen, with 150,000 jobs lost, 40,000 residents https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/15/hawaii- newly enrolled on Medicaid, and 11,000 households unable to pay rent, news/residents-are-conflicted-about-the-return-of- employment is needed. Others in the community believe we are opening visitors-under-hawaiis-pre-travel-testing-program/ too soon, still concerned that the disease is spreading within the community and questioning why we are reopening to tourists when our Hawaii Restaurant Card Program launches on Friday: schools are still closed to in-person learning. The lingering questions will https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/15/hawaii- soon be answered regarding how great the demand for vacationing in news/restaurant-card-also-accepted-at-bakeries- Hawaii will be and how that will impact the state’s public health metrics.
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