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Beginning Sept. 27 all employees of the Hawaiʻi State Judiciary must be vaccinated for COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing.

There were 101,199 successful uploads to the Hawai‘i SMART Health Card application, since it launched last week Friday.

State officials unveiled the new Hawaiʻi SMART Health Card, which launches on Sept. 10, 2021. The voluntary program enables individuals who received their COVID-19 vaccinations in Hawaiʻi to create a state-issued digital card that may be used to confirm their vaccination status to businesses and venues that require it.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino said a modified health pass will be implemented at Maui County restaurants beginning on Sept. 15, that is similar to, but less restrictive than the Safe Access O‘ahu program that begins in just 10 days.

The Safe Access O‘ahu program requires restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters, museums, arcades and other similar establishments, to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to operate. Customers will also have to provide proof they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to enter the business.

There were 625 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, including 96 on Maui and two each on Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi. There were also eight COVID-related deaths reported today–one on Maui and seven on O‘ahu.

There were 791 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Saturday, including: 542 on O‘ahu (+2 probable); 129 on Hawai‘i Island (+5 probable); 59 on Maui (+6 probable); 13 on Kaua‘i (+2 probable); five Molokaʻi (+1 probable); and 22 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+5 probable).

Speaker Saiki Urges Gov. Ige to Implement a Hawai‘i Health Pass Requirement to show proof of vaccination to enter places like restaurants, gyms and stores.