Big Island reopens to interisland travelers with post-arrival test
Hawaii island is now allowing interisland travelers to test out of quarantine and is making changes to its post-arrivals testing process for trans-Pacific travelers.
Kim told the Star-Advertiser on Wednesday that he is making other changes to the entry protocol for transPacific travelers, who currently are required to take an antigen test upon arrival at a Hawaii island airport.
Kim said the county found that the airport wasn’t equipped for prompt testing of arriving trans-Pacific passengers and some people had to wait in long lines. The antigen test typically takes 15 minutes, but the long lines made the process take much longer. Also, he said early data collection shows that a COVID-19 test upon arrival is too soon to be effective.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/22/hawaii-news/big-island-reopens-to-interisland-travelers/
