YYCguy

The article continues, stating that WS will start flying there on Sept 5th from YVR and AC will follow shortly afterwards.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/hawaii-set...235821761.html

Hawaii set to welcome Canadians without quarantine restrictions starting Sept. 1

August 2, 2020, 5:58 PMA winter travel escape may not be top-of-mind during a world-wide pandemic, but the island state of Hawaii says Canadians will be welcomed without quarantine measures starting Sept. 1, 2020.

Hawaii imposed a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all out-of-state travellers at the onset of the pandemic, but the state's Department of Transportation says it will soon be open to "all trans-Pacific travelers."

"Travelers arriving in Hawaii from out-of-state will have the option to get a valid COVID-19 test prior to their arrival, and show proof of a negative test result, to avoid the 14-day quarantine," read a statement from the Department of Transportation....

robsaw

A whole lotta lack of clarity and contradiction in that article.

This is the actual story about what visitors will be subject to:

https://hidot.hawaii.gov/airports/go...l-september-1/

Finkface

IF it happens. And that is a huge IF. I think there is little chance that this won't get pushed back yet again. I don’t think they is any way Ige will remove the quarantine any time soon. For anyone. They are already talking about shutting down interisland travel again.

hollywoodcory17

WestJet has not updated it's schedule beyond September 4. Anything beyond that is still the pre-COVID planned schedule. I would not actually count on HNL or OGG resuming next month.

Sopwith

​​​​​​​Is this test even available in Canada?

sydneyracquelle

The true killer for this non-starter is the required 14-day quarantine upon returning to Canada. And a substitute negative covid test will not suffice.

cirrusdragoon

Yes of course it is, it is the same technology used for Hiv viral load testing . Just a few references.

http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/p...s_guidance.pdf

https://helpstpauls.com/2020/03/24/c...ing-capability

Often1

Also need to remember that this presumes that Canada and the US agree to reopen their border to travel.

Finkface

Canadians can enter the US by air. Always have been able to. The land border is closed to all but essential travel in both directions and Americans cannot fly to Canada (with limited exceptions) but Canadians can fly to the US.

Sopwith

According to the CDC website there are no CLIA certified labs in Canada.

https://www.cdc.gov/clia/LabSearch.html#

tecate55

The annoying issue with any jurisdiction relaxing its quarantine requirements for Canadians is Canada's steadfast requirement for 14d quarantine upon return from anywhere ex-Canada, even if you're safer there than Canada. Still nice to have more options though.

But hey, totally okay to criss-cross in/out of hotspots in Canada and travel domestically on 3000km flights sitting next to passengers connecting from ??? and go to work the next day though.

I think "nucleic acid amplification test" is their complicated way of saying RT-PCR, which makes a bunch of copies of R or D nucleic acids to make enough to see what's there. This is how most (all?) COVID-19 testing is done in Canada.

cirrusdragoon

• The test must be a nucleic acid amplification test “OR” NAAT test conducted at a CLIA-certified laboratory.

Canada’s labs do possess the technology to conduct Nucleic acid amplification tests as they have been doing so for many other viruses such as hepatitis

The CLIA are simply:

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 are United States federal regulatory standards that apply to all clinical laboratory testing performed on humans in the United States. Hence why you will not find a CLIA certified lab in Canada as labs in Canada are governed by the comparable Canadian medical standards.

cirrusdragoon

Correct

Error 601

With banked time I have almost a month of unused vacation, I'm planning to go to Hawaii for Christmas and then quarantine for two weeks in January if required.

Fisch

Please consider WS. We would love to have you aboard!

Fisch