02-25-2020, 07:45 AM
Per Star-Advertiser:
To date, there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hawaii, according to the state Department of Health.
As of Monday no one in Hawaii was under investigation or quarantine.
To date, no one in Hawaii has been tested for the coronavirus, the department said, because no one has met the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for testing.
In the meantime 58 people in Hawaii are self-monitoring themselves under the department’s supervision — 52 from Oahu, four from Hawaii island, one from Maui and one from Kauai.
Schatz said it was unacceptable for Hawaii to wait another three weeks to receive a test kit that works, and that he was working with CDC to see whether partners in Japan could provide additional test kits.
State DoH can use their own judgement when requesting that people self-quarantine, but defers to CDC when deciding whether to test people for infection.
Schatz is demanding that Hawaii have test kits -- but Hawaii has already declined to use the testing which is available.
Selective enforcement, as usual.
To date, there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hawaii, according to the state Department of Health.
As of Monday no one in Hawaii was under investigation or quarantine.
To date, no one in Hawaii has been tested for the coronavirus, the department said, because no one has met the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for testing.
In the meantime 58 people in Hawaii are self-monitoring themselves under the department’s supervision — 52 from Oahu, four from Hawaii island, one from Maui and one from Kauai.
Schatz said it was unacceptable for Hawaii to wait another three weeks to receive a test kit that works, and that he was working with CDC to see whether partners in Japan could provide additional test kits.
State DoH can use their own judgement when requesting that people self-quarantine, but defers to CDC when deciding whether to test people for infection.
Schatz is demanding that Hawaii have test kits -- but Hawaii has already declined to use the testing which is available.
Selective enforcement, as usual.