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People aged 50 to 64 with underlying conditions will also have priority for a third shot. So far, boosters are only recommended for the Pfizer vaccine.

National experts say that Hawaii could face federal scrutiny due to the wording of the plan.

The governor also said not to expect any more broad shutdowns like the stay-at-home orders implemented in 2020.

Health and government officials argued that advances in medicine and patient preference reduced the need for the beds, but now, there aren’t enough.

Native Hawaiians have been hit hard by the latest surge in the coronavirus and still have among the lowest vaccination rates.

Gov. David Ige urged people to comply with Covid safety measures including wearing masks and maintaining social distance over the three-day weekend.

The state’s tracking system is like a complex information highway, moving data from many labs to a central reporting point. But some say there are too many traffic jams.

More than 250 people, apparently fueled by social media posts, testified for more than four hours at what was supposed to be an informational meeting about the pandemic.

The state’s latest cluster report describes one instance in which seven of 12 fully vaccinated people who went to karaoke without wearing masks caught Covid. None were hospitalized or died.

Natural immunity from Covid varies widely from person to person, but data suggests vaccinations boost immunity to the virus even among the previously ill.