University of Hawaii researchers urge the state to step up its coronavirus response

A trio of University of Hawaii researchers is urging state officials to accelerate its public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, not only to save lives but to help restart the economy.

In a 16-page report, the authors recommend the state significantly expand testing for the virus, boost its contact-tracing capacity by adding scores of workers and isolate anyone who tests positive in hotel rooms at government expense.

UH-Manoa professor Robert Perkinson said unless the state adds capacity to trace every infection and isolate everyone who tests positive, Hawaii remains in “grave danger” of a second wave of the disease.

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