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Today, congressional leaders reached an agreement to provide $8.3 billion in emergency funding to respond to the coronavirus outbreak, including at least $4.5 million for Hawai‘i.

According to the State Department of Transportation, Kahului Airport plans to receive additional hand sanitizer stations. All airlines have also made extra efforts to sanitize their equipment and stations, and have ramped up cleaning of planes.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health is now capable of in-state testing for COVID-19 and, on average, results can be ready within 24-48 hours of a sample being collected.

Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard (US Rep. Hawaiʻi) issued an update this evening, saying Hawaiʻi will now be able to start testing for COVID-19 next week, and will no longer need to get test kits from Japan. However, she said, there are still “major questions” she has as to why it’s taken so long for the state Department of Health and the CDC to make this possible.

The Hawai‘i Senate Ways and Means Committee today advanced a bill to provide Governor David Ige’s request for an emergency appropriation of $10,568,750 to the Hawai‘i Departments of Health and Defense for prevention and mitigation of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.

Japan has ordered all elementary, junior high and high schools nationwide to close from Monday through spring break, which typically ends in early April. Also, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed an infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 in California in a person who reportedly did not have relevant travel history or exposure to another known patient with COVID-19.

State health officials are urging the public to prepare now for potential risks associated with COVID-19, also known as the Novel Coronavirus.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) is calling for the suspension of flights from Japan and South Korea to prevent the spread of COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus.

Rep. Mizuno said because the COVID-19 illness is such a fluid situation, it is prudent to re-calibrate and focus on Hawaiʻi’s strategy to combat the virus and safeguard Hawaiʻi against the illness.

The State Department has set Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution) for travel to Japan and South Korea. There is no one in Hawaiʻi under mandatory quarantine at this time.

There’s still no confirmed cases of COVID-19 or coronavirus in Hawaiʻi, according to a daily update issued by the State’s newly activated Joint Information Center, established in support of media operations regarding the virus. 

The Department of Health has been notified of at least four Hawaiʻi residents who were passengers on the Westerdam cruise ship (Holland America) and have returned home.  DOH is contacting these individuals and was advised that the cruise passengers are not at risk and do not pose a risk to others.

Schatz and the senators urged immediate action because the top global public health position at the NSC has remained vacant for almost two years.

The Diamond Resorts issued a letter to members on Sunday saying they learned from the Hawaiʻi Department of Health that a couple who visited Kāʻanapali Beach Club tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in their home country of Japan.

The bipartisan legislation seeks to create a permanent funding mechanism to ensure quick and effective responses to future public health emergencies.

A man from Japan who was on Maui and Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi recently, is among of the newly confirmed cases of individuals who have tested positive for the COVID-19 novel Coronavirus, state officials have confirmed during a press conference hosted this afternoon by the Hawaiʻi Department of Health.