Mar 22, 2020, 4:26 am
Last edit by: FlyinHawaiian
Comprehensive Overview, With Questions and Answers:
https://www.gohawaii.com/travel-requirements
CURRENT POLICIES
List of Hotels that are currently closed:
https://www.gohawaii.com/special-alerts-information
For interisland travel:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hawaii/2041823-interisland-travel-unrestricted-starting-june-15th.html
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https://www.gohawaii.com/travel-requirements
CURRENT POLICIES
- JULY 8 - Fully vaccinated U.S. travelers flying domestically — including island residents returning home — will be allowed to bypass Hawaii’s quarantine and pre-travel restrictions, as long as they upload their vaccination records to the state’s Safe Travels website and arrive with a hard copy of their vaccinations records. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hawaii/2044877-those-fully-vaccinated-anywhere-us-eligible-bypass-quarantine-july-8th-new-post.html
- JUNE 15 - Fully vaccinated travelers who received the vaccine in Hawaii are now exempt from Safe Travels
- JUNE 15 - Regardless of their vaccination status, travelers are allowed to fly between islands without having to take a COVID test or quarantine.
- AFTER JANUARY 3, 2022 The mandatory 5-day quarantine is required for all unvaccinated passengers (visitors and returning residents) arriving into the state of Hawaii.
- Additionally, operations, including peer-to-peer platforms or sharing services, may not rent vehicles to any person who is subject to a 5-day traveler quarantine order unless an exemption is granted.
- Travelers flying into Hawaii are required to register personal information into the Safe Travels application; the information will be used to aid officials in contacting travelers via phone, email, and SMS. It does *not* currently enable GPS-tracking of travelers via their mobile devices.
- Travelers are exempt from the mandatory 5-day quarantine if testing is completed no more than 72 hours before the departure time of the final leg of your flight to Hawai‘i with proof of a negative result.
- The state of Hawai‘i will ONLY accept Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) from a certified Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) lab test results from TRUSTED TESTING AND TRAVEL PARTNERS. A negative COVID-19 test result is required prior to departure to avoid quarantine in Hawai‘i.
- If results are not available by time of arrival, quarantine necessary until test results received.
- All travelers (returning residents and visitors) of all ages subject to pre-test requirement.
- Individuals are responsible for testing costs.
- Travelers (returning residents and visitors) are not able to test upon arrival in Hawaii because this is a pre-travel testing program.
- No commercial COVID-19 NAAT testing will be provided upon arrival at the airport. Travelers without the pre-test will be in quarantine.
- https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel-partners/
List of Hotels that are currently closed:
https://www.gohawaii.com/special-alerts-information
For interisland travel:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hawaii/2041823-interisland-travel-unrestricted-starting-june-15th.html
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Mahalo,
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State of Hawaii "Safe Travels" Program 5-Day Quarantine (Ends March 25, 2022)
Jan 1, 2021, 8:26 pm
#1516
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Yes. At last check, only 15% of spread was travel related, the rest was community spread. Lt. Governor Green says 200 new cases/day is the breaking point for hospitals, so regardless of source of spread, they'd need to limit community interaction. And with the latest stimulus package approved, state government may be more emboldened to put people onto the unemployment roster than before.
Jan 1, 2021, 9:11 pm
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Yes. At last check, only 15% of spread was travel related, the rest was community spread. Lt. Governor Green says 200 new cases/day is the breaking point for hospitals, so regardless of source of spread, they'd need to limit community interaction. And with the latest stimulus package approved, state government may be more emboldened to put people onto the unemployment roster than before.
Also, would be nice if the counties and state and its populace get ready for the next set of spikes that will happen sooner or later, with or without travel and tourists.
David
Jan 2, 2021, 1:00 am
#1518
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Yes, that would be nice, but the government isn't proactive. All their eggs are in the basket of widespread vaccination and federal funding. If they ramped up the healthcare system to tackle higher case counts, they wouldn't need to consider tweaking the travel / quarentine programs.
Jan 2, 2021, 4:34 pm
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Jan 2, 2021, 6:25 pm
#1520
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The state Department of Health counts visitors that are diagnosed here – they don’t count visitors that were diagnosed outside of Hawaiʻi. For residents, the DOH counts both: those that are diagnosed outside of Hawaiʻi are counted under the category, “Residents diagnosed outside of Hawaiʻi.”
Jan 3, 2021, 12:41 am
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Another question about the Clarity test. We are now scheduled for the 3-5h result one on Friday. I just read in another forum on FB that rapid result tests aren't allowed for entry in Hawai'i. But that Clarity test isn't a rapid one, right? We are good to go with that one? Just slightly freaking out that I booked the wrong thing...
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Jan 3, 2021 at 5:49 am Reason: moved from "experiences only" thread
Jan 3, 2021, 6:26 am
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Rapid NAAT tests are allowed by Hawaii, such as the vendor United has at SFO. It provides results in 15 or 20 minutes.
Jan 3, 2021, 6:53 pm
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Some of the proposed language floating out there now would be to grant a quarantine exemption to people after 3 weeks pass from their 2nd COVID-19 vaccine. I think that language and policy will evolve before it's employed; there's so few people vaccinated now it doesn't make sense to focus on new policy for now.
Jan 5, 2021, 6:47 pm
#1524
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this is where I'm confused. That's the Abbot Rapid Now test which is molecular, not NAAT (PCR), but it's a trusted partner. So molecular tests from trusted partners are approved? Or the person at Hawaii customs is just ignorant?
Jan 5, 2021, 8:48 pm
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Sorry...can't answer your specific questions. I think so, from what I have read...but not absolutely sure.
Jan 5, 2021, 11:06 pm
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The governor clarified today that even those vaccinated will need to quarantine or go through the pre-travel testing program indefinitely until the CDC publishes guidance on vaccinated travelers. Because only an Emergency Authorization to use the vaccines is in place for now, such a change in guidance may not come out until 2022.
Jan 6, 2021, 12:38 am
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Yes, the Abbot Rapid Now test is approved for Hawaii. I have used it for entry.
Jan 6, 2021, 2:19 pm
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Abbott has developed rapid tests that are NAAT and other rapid tests that are molecular. The Abbott rapid NAAT test is the one that has been approved by Hawaii.
Jan 7, 2021, 2:57 pm
#1529
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Extreme Surge in COVID Today
Due to what he's describing as an extreme surge of COVID in Hawaii, the Lt. Governor has asked that everyone state-wide avoid all social gatherings of any kind for the next 2 weeks.
With today's daily new case count of 322, we're over his 200/day threshold where he would also recommend the pause in the pre-travel quarantine testing program. That hasn't been announced yet, but if the numbers continue to be bad for the next few days, I see it happening soon.
With today's daily new case count of 322, we're over his 200/day threshold where he would also recommend the pause in the pre-travel quarantine testing program. That hasn't been announced yet, but if the numbers continue to be bad for the next few days, I see it happening soon.