Maui Mayor mulling closure if cases spike

https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2020/08/mayor-mulling-closure-if-cases-spike/

Anticipating a jump in new COVID-19 cases in Maui County, Mayor Michael Victorino said Monday that he will be mulling another potential closure.

Victorino said during a news conference that he is expecting a jump of 15 to 18 new cases “in the queue that have not been confirmed but are probably positive.” Adding that some of it is related to travel to Oahu, Victorino lauded the 14-day, partial interisland travel quarantine, which takes effect today through Aug. 31.

“I don’t want to close down Maui, I do not want to take the action Oahu has been taking,” he said. “However, if the cases do not come down in the next week, week and a half, in fact I will say probably next week Monday, if we have been averaging five to seven cases per day over that period of time, I will start considering reclosing or stepping back our reopening of Maui County.”