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Hawaii plans to reopen the state to visitors who may turn out to have undergone negative COVID control within 72 hours of arrival. Governor David Ige recently revealed the main points of pandemic protocols that would allow visitors without having to quarantine for 14 days. The rest of the rules, which have been postponed 3 times, will enter into force on 15 October.
“We no longer anticipate delays,” said Mufi Hannemann, president and CEO of Hawaii Lodging
How will it work?
Currently, you’ll want check effects to be managed through CVS or Kaiser Permanente. The state will announce more check partners in the future, the governor said at a press conference.
Kaiser Permanente members, who had approximately 12. 5 million in California last year according to Statista, can get free checkups. CVS will value $139 for COVID checks at pharmacies across the country. The pharmacy chain plans to double the number of check sites by about 4,000 in the coming weeks.
For the CVS test, others stay in your car and place a tampon in each nostril. It only takes a few minutes. ” [Specially Trained Employees] review the commands to do so. They look at them and make sure they’re doing well,” said Monica Prinzing, a spokesperson for CVS in Los Angeles.
“We expect most of the effects of controls to occur within two to three days,” Prinzing said. A spokeswoman for Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu said “control times vary” for effects.
Hawaii provides this chart to who will be able and who will not be able to enter the state. For example, passengers waiting for the effects of the check on arrival deserve to be quarantined until they can provide a negative check result. The same goes for anyone who arrives without an exam; expect to spend 14 days away from others.
Even with change, tourism officials do not expect an influx of visitors after reopening in mid-October, which can be good news for travelers who need crowds and enjoy the time they spend on the beaches of the islands.
Hotels deserve to receive visitors for the first time in six and a half months. “There are plans to open everything that has been closed in Waikiki, with a few exceptions,” Hannemann said. “The Halekulani, for example, is not going to reopen this year. They must wait until 2021 before reopening. “
Travelers who stop in can find another experience. “It may not be Hawaii I was used to in the past: giving lei, hugging, kissing [and] big luaus. All those things can no longer be done now, ” he said. “We have to be very, very artistic to create the magical reports that other people witnessed when they arrived in Hawaii in the past. “
“Virtual luaus” are being considered,” Hannemann said. They’ll serve food in [the hotel’s] rooms, but on their TV you’ll see the Polynesian dance taking place,” he says. “It’s the closest thing to a real Luau pleasure we can offer. “
John White of the Kaanapali Beach Hotel in Maui said fewer visitors would mean “more open beaches” and other spaces. The West Maui hotel’s online page lists room rates for October 15 from $231 depending on the night. In Oahu, the rooms at the three-star Shoreline Hotel Waikiki, a short walk from the beach, start at $139 per night. On the boardwalk, the four-star Moana Surfrider hotel, Waikiki’s oldest hotel, expects to pay at least $312.