#secondary test maui

Maui Post-Arrival COVID-19 Testing Begins Today

Starting today, the County of Maui begins the soft rollout of a secondary test upon arrival at Kahului Airport for trans-Pacific flights.

Vaccine Passport Program Under Prototype Testing, Still No Comprehensive Database for Verification

“It might have parts of the country first and then add more as they go. It’s hard to peg a date, but it wouldn’t surprise me that by summer we could have this going, and have that as an availability for all the people that want to come to Hawaiʻi,” said Chief Information Officer of the state’s Office of Enterprise Technology Services, Doug Murdock.

Hawai‘i County Scales Back on Post-Arrival Testing

Hawaiʻi County is scaling back its post-arrival testing program citing logistics, and the the unsustainability of financial and resource commitments necessary to continue this program in its current form.

10 Positives Out of 11,027 Post-Arrival COVID-19 Tests in Hawai‘i

Initial results indicate less than 1 out of 1,000 of travelers testing positive for COVID-19 post-arrival to Hawaiʻi. A separate post-arrival test established on Maui has documented three positive cases out of more than 1,200 individuals who have opted for participation in the program between Oct. 17 and 31.

Single Positive COVID-19 Result Out of 700 Participants in Maui Post-Arrival Voluntary Test

So far, only one case has been confirmed as positive for COVID-19 out of the 700 individuals who have participated in Maui’s voluntary post-arrival testing program.