Originally Posted by
ExpatExp
An island nation, Iceland, is proposing to offer tests on arrival, and is also proposing to permit arriving passengers to show negative test results from shortly before their departure, in order to avoid quarantine. Will see if it actually happens, but I wonder if Hawaii will propose something similar.
Yes the Vienna and Iceland models would work well for Hawaii, and would just require the existing airport inspectors to try to validate a test result document and match the name to the person. If you have one, no 14 day quarantine. If you don't, 14-day quarantine still applies. Pretty simple, we could turn that on tomorrow without any extra machines, people, or expense at the airport. It's not bulletproof by any measure, but would reduce the risk significantly. If that still lets in too much virus, an additional on-arrival test could be added as well, even if its not instant-result.