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Honolulu Mayor Says Glitches Affected More Than 1,700 COVID-19 Tests
“We had a little bit of a rocky rollout. Everyone has been brought up to speed on how they need to label the vials and I think we’ve learned from that experience. The good news is that the 1776 tests are a small fraction of all of the tests we’ve done so far,” said Mayor Caldwell.
Hawai‘i’s Initial Batch of Surveillance Testing Comes Back Negative for COVID-19
As announced earlier this week the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health launched a statewide surveillance testing program to identify cases and community spread of the coronavirus. Testing on the first batch of samples was completed today and of the 31 random samples completed, all 31 were negative for COVID-19, according to officials with the DOH.