The state labor department says it can’t just ramp up staffing overnight, but applicants are growing more desperate.
The man was taken to The Queen’s Medical Center where he was later arrested for assault.
State and local officials who warned months ago that the state needed more contact tracers are frustrated and angry with the state health department.
Oahu crackdown begins Saturday, with partial interisland travel quarantine to follow on Tuesday. Gov. David Ige says an announcement on schools and colleges is coming soon.
UPDATED: The state initially reported 53 cases because it was missing test results from a private laboratory.
In Hawaii and other states, homeless people and the service providers who help them face hurdles when it comes to voting.
Amid surging cases and widespread dissatisfaction with Gov. David Ige’s plans for schools and tourism, doctors and economists want ramped-up testing.
The mayors also asked the governor to keep schools closed until September.
New metrics will include face mask compliance and turnaround times for lab tests.
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Government contracts, geography and economics make it difficult to increase recycling on the island.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of single-use plastics back into our lives and onto our beaches.
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Race relations in Hawaii are different than many other places in the country, but that doesn’t mean that racism hasn’t affected the health of communities of color.
Oahu crackdown begins Saturday, with partial interisland travel quarantine to follow on Tuesday. Gov. David Ige says an announcement on schools and colleges is coming soon.
UPDATED: The state initially reported 53 cases because it was missing test results from a private laboratory.
In Hawaii and other states, homeless people and the service providers who help them face hurdles when it comes to voting.
Amid surging cases and widespread dissatisfaction with Gov. David Ige’s plans for schools and tourism, doctors and economists want ramped-up testing.
The mayors also asked the governor to keep schools closed until September.
New metrics will include face mask compliance and turnaround times for lab tests.
Advocates for greater transparency say the process leaves the public in the dark.
All the new cases were on Oahu, where there are now close to 1,300 active cases.
The leading candidates took in a lot of money last year, but have essentially paused fundraising for the governor’s race, records show.
