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| Above, dancers at a Honolulu luau. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
If you were planning for an idyllic vacation to Hawaii just after August 1, those plans have to be tossed out the window.
USA Today reported:
Hawaii is delaying its plan to allow out-of-state visitors to the return to the vacation hot spot by a month due to an increase in coronavirus cases in the state and on the mainland U.S.
In late June, the governor's office announced that travelers could visit Hawaii beginning Aug. 1, no quarantine required, by presenting a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of boarding. Without one, passengers arriving from the mainland would have to strictly quarantine for 14 days, a policy in place since March that has scared away most tourists and decimated Hawaii's tourism industry. The surge in cases on the U.S. mainland has made it harder for people in many states to get tested.
Hawaii Gov. David Ige said at a news conference late Monday that the program won't begin until Sept. 1, a decision he said was not taken lightly.
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