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DOH Testing in Hawaii For COVID-19 Remains Deliberately Narrow Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

DOH Testing in Hawaii For COVID-19 Remains Deliberately Narrow

Lt. Gov. Josh Green slammed the pace of the state Department of Health’s screening program as a “total fail.”

Saiki To Ige: State’s Handling Of COVID-19 鈥楬as Been Chaotic鈥 Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Saiki To Ige: State’s Handling Of COVID-19 鈥楬as Been Chaotic鈥

The Hawaii House speaker urges the governor to order 鈥渁n immediate statewide shutdown鈥 of the state for the next 15 days.

Hawaii Unemployment Claims Skyrocket As Coronavirus Crisis Continues Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaii Unemployment Claims Skyrocket As Coronavirus Crisis Continues

Thousands of people are trying to apply for unemployment insurance as Hawaii’s tourism and service industries tumble.

Hirono Demands Answers From Pence Over COVID-19 Testing Delays Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2018

Hirono Demands Answers From Pence Over COVID-19 Testing Delays

The Hawaii senator and several of her colleagues also criticized the administration’s repeated misleading assertions about the seriousness of the pandemic.

10 New Coronavirus Cases Reported In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

10 New Coronavirus Cases Reported In Hawaii

An influx of more than 1,000 private laboratory samples resulted in 10 new coronavirus cases Thursday, taking the state tally to 26.

Hawaii State Senator Tests Positive For Coronavirus Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii State Senator Tests Positive For Coronavirus

UPDATE: Health officials screened as many as 70 lawmakers and staff after Sen. Clarence Nishihara tested positive.

Are Hawaii Hospitals Prepared For A Pandemic? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Are Hawaii Hospitals Prepared For A Pandemic?

The state health director says Hawaii’s hospitals are already near capacity, with expansion difficult.

Programs Emerge To Help Borrowers, Small Businesses Cope With COVID-19 Crisis Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Programs Emerge To Help Borrowers, Small Businesses Cope With COVID-19 Crisis

A former state attorney general says it’s important for people and small businesses to know their rights.

Coronavirus Q&A: Is It OK To Take Ibuprofen? Alissa Eckert, MS, Dan Higgins, MAMS

Coronavirus Q&A: Is It OK To Take Ibuprofen?

Honolulu’s mayor ordered restaurants and bars to only serve takeout, while Kauai’s mayor imposed an island-wide 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. nighttime curfew starting Friday.