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Hawaii’s first mass vaccination to kick off on Monday
Hawaii Pacific Health said it has assembled 20,000 doses to start vaccinating seniors 75 and older, first responders and front-line essential workers by appointment only. Read more
Hawaii Pacific Health said it has assembled 20,000 doses to start vaccinating seniors 75 and older, first responders and front-line essential workers by appointment only. Read more
State officials are pointing fingers at one another over concerns of a lagging rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Hawaii and a lack of coordination in ramping up large-scale immunization clinics to keep the disease under control. Read more
Starting Monday, thousands of Hawaii residents will have access to COVID-19 vaccines as the state opens mass vaccination centers on Oahu. Read more
Hawaii health officials are on high alert for more transmissible strains of COVID-19 and are warning the public to be extra vigilant as they usher in the new year. Read more
About 20,000 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Hawaii, which has received 61,450 doses as of today. Read more
Gov. David Ige has approved a request by Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami to rejoin the state’s Safe Travels program, allowing inter-island travelers that test negative for COVID-19 to bypass the island’s mandatory 10-day quarantine as of Jan. 5. Read more
Hawaii has seen a 38% increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the past month as case counts climbed over the holiday season. Read more
Nadia Schlosser was devastated the day she found out her patient in his early 20s had died from the novel coronavirus. Read more
More than 20,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine expected this month will not arrive in Hawaii by year’s end. Read more
More than half of Hawaii restaurants may be forced to close for good by April without a significant boost in tourism, according to a survey by the University of Hawaii’s Public Policy Center. Read more
Honolulu’s first responders today began getting vaccinated for COVID-19, after months of treating infectious coronavirus patients. Read more
The first 12,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived in the islands — 6,000 designated for Oahu and 2,000 each for the counties of Maui, Hawaii and Kauai. Read more
The federal government has notified Hawaii that as much as 40% of some vaccine orders will be delayed. Read more
Dr. Melanie Kim, a hospitalist at Straub Medical Center, has witnessed firsthand the devastating effects COVID-19 has had on her patients, some of whom at the end of their lives have had to die alone. Read more
After months of endless infections, mounting deaths and economic collapse, Hawaii residents may finally see the light at the end of an agonizing tunnel. Read more
Another 3,900 doses are expected to arrive Wednesday, with nearly 45,000 more Pfizer vaccines coming this month. In addition, 36,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected by year’s end. Read more
The Queen’s Medical Center today received its first shipment of 975 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and will begin immunizing front-line workers beginning on Tuesday. Read more
Hawaii hospitals are gearing up to immunize thousands of health care workers starting next week, following regulatory approval for emergency use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Read more
Even as Hawaii prepares to receive 81,825 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to begin immunizing health care workers, employees won’t be required to take the shots. Read more
Roughly 20,000 people are in travel-related quarantine on Oahu and authorities are unable to keep up with enforcement. Read more
Hawaii is expecting to receive 80,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this month for health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. Read more
