Football game attendance will be capped at 1,000 people, and indoor weddings are still banned with outdoor weddings requiring masks.

If the proposal fails, reimbursement rates for the public health insurance program would revert to previous lower levels and put health services for low-income patients at risk.

People aged 50 to 64 with underlying conditions will also have priority for a third shot. So far, boosters are only recommended for the Pfizer vaccine.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are often lumped together, which makes it impossible to see how distinct communities are experiencing the pandemic.

Hawaii still lags behind other states in how quickly the state processes initial unemployment payments.

National experts say that Hawaii could face federal scrutiny due to the wording of the plan.

He emi aʻe ka poʻe kānaka Hawaiʻi ponoʻī i loaʻa i ka maʻi COVID-19 i nā manawa mua o ka maʻi ahulau, ʻo ka ʻike ʻia nō naʻe ia o ka piʻi ʻana o nā kānaka maʻi i Iulai nei ʻoiai ka mana Delta e hōlapu aʻe ana.

The Biden administration has called on states to enact eviction moratoriums, but Gov. David Ige doesn’t plan to revive Hawaii’s.

NPR reported that Guam is now among the top five highest-risk places in the U.S., along with Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky and Mississippi.