02-29-2020, 06:02 AM
We have no confirmed cases. The Hawaii state lab got their kits working yesterday.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...ng-begins/
The testing criteria is now:
- People with symptoms AND a travel in the last 14 days to China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, or Iran.
- People with symptoms AND contact with an individual known to have tested positive.
- People with symptoms that results in hospitalization, but no diagnosis for influenza.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco...teria.html
So the net is now larger, but could be better by testing for symptomatic individuals who don't have the flu, but before it requires hospitalization.
Regardless, it's just a matter of time. I'd be surprised if it takes more than a week or two for the first positive case to be found in Hawaii.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...ng-begins/
The testing criteria is now:
- People with symptoms AND a travel in the last 14 days to China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, or Iran.
- People with symptoms AND contact with an individual known to have tested positive.
- People with symptoms that results in hospitalization, but no diagnosis for influenza.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco...teria.html
So the net is now larger, but could be better by testing for symptomatic individuals who don't have the flu, but before it requires hospitalization.
Regardless, it's just a matter of time. I'd be surprised if it takes more than a week or two for the first positive case to be found in Hawaii.