Crowded Prisons And Poorly Ventilated Restaurant Kitchens Fuel Hawaii’s Pandemic … The state’s latest cluster report describes one instance in which seven of 12 fully vaccinated people who went to karaoke without wearing masks caught Covid. None were hospitalized or died.
The bulk of Hawaii’s coronavirus clusters are raging in jails and prisons in the islands.
The state’s latest cluster report released Thursday said that cases in correctional facilities made up 100% of all cluster investigations over the last two weeks on the Big Island. Covid-19 cases in prisons and jail also comprised 63% of all cluster investigations in Kauai County; 57% on Oahu and 31% in Maui.
Covid also is spreading in restaurants and bars, with the report highlighting how poor ventilation facilitates transmission among staff in those facilities. The state encouraged workers to follow federal guidance to avoid poorly ventilated spaces, but did not specify how food service workers are supposed to do that if they’re required to work in such spaces.
