House Speaker: Changing Hawaii’s Pre-Travel Testing Program ‘Doesn’t Serve The Public’ Business and political leaders criticized the governor for changing a program that seems to be working.
Gov. David Ige’s change to Hawaii’s pre-travel COVID-19 testing program has caused an outcry among business and political leaders who say Ige made the change abruptly without talking to tourism industry executives, based on a small number of infected travelers who slipped through the cracks.
The change, announced during a news conference on Thursday, means people flying into Hawaii must have a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival to bypass the state’s required 14-day quarantine.
