Post-arrival testing to ramp up in Kona Wednesday….
Starting Wednesday, all trans-Pacific travelers who took a pre-boarding COVID-19 test also will be given a rapid-result antigen test upon arrival at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole, Mayor Harry Kim said Monday.
Speaking to the state House Select Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness, Kim said the post-arrival testing program would be reinstated in full after the state allotted the county the space at Kona airport needed to test all arrivals.
Previously, 100% of nonexempt trans-Pacific travelers were being tested after arriving in Kona, but Kim early last month reduced that number to 25% due to a lack of space.
