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Coronavirus in Hawaii

Distance Learning Means ‘Musical Chairs’ For Windward Oahu Family Courtesy: Adrienne Robillard

Distance Learning Means ‘Musical Chairs’ For Windward Oahu Family

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced parents to figure out how to turn their homes into classrooms.

These Big Island Residents Are Trying To Keep Remote Beaches Safe And Sanitary Peter Serafin/Civil Beat/2020

These Big Island Residents Are Trying To Keep Remote Beaches Safe And Sanitary

Illegal campers are flocking to beaches that have no county police to enforce shutdown orders.

Handi-Van Riders Forced To Verify Disability In Person Despite Pandemic Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Handi-Van Riders Forced To Verify Disability In Person Despite Pandemic

Similar services, such as the DMV, remain closed under the mayor’s latest emergency order.

Lt. Gov. Josh Green: ‘I Don’t Feel Differently At All’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Lt. Gov. Josh Green: ‘I Don’t Feel Differently At All’

The state’s vocal COVID-19 medical liaison was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday. He’s still doing his popular whiteboard video updates from his son’s bedroom.

Lt. Gov. Josh Green Tests Positive For COVID-19 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Lt. Gov. Josh Green Tests Positive For COVID-19

Green was tested earlier Friday after a member of his office was confirmed to have the virus.

Federal COVID-19 Medical Team Arrives In Hawaii Courtesy: The Queen's Health Systems

Federal COVID-19 Medical Team Arrives In Hawaii

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deployed a team to Honolulu, but it’s far fewer people than the state requested last month.

VIRUS TRACKER — Sept. 11: 167 New Cases and 2 Deaths In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

VIRUS TRACKER — Sept. 11: 167 New Cases and 2 Deaths In Hawaii

State health officials say Hawaii is turning a corner and cases are on the decline.

How Oahu’s COVID-19 Park And Beach Restrictions Are Hurting Families Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

How Oahu’s COVID-19 Park And Beach Restrictions Are Hurting Families

Parents say they are struggling to keep their children — and themselves — sane and healthy without regular access to outdoor spaces.

Eric Stinton: Making Sense Of Hawaii’s Lockdowns Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Eric Stinton: Making Sense Of Hawaii’s Lockdowns

There are lessons to learn from the Spanish Flu a century ago and from other countries handling COVID-19 right now.