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From: Office of the Governor
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 9:09 PM To: Joe Pluta Subject: From the Office of Governor David Y. Ige [CS25614] EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HONOLULU David Y. Ige GOVERNOR June 3, 2020 Mr. Joseph Pluta PO Box 12278 181 Lahainaluna Road Suite I Lahaina, HI 96761 Dear Mr. Pluta: Thank you for contacting our office on June 1, 2020 to express your views and suggestions regarding tourism and the quarantine during COVID-19. Our staff will ensure that your comments are shared with Governor Ige. The global spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 is very concerning to the Governor. This is a rapidly changing situation, and the Governor continues to work with county, state and federal partners to gather information and make decisions to protect the health of Hawaiʻi's residents. In efforts to support ongoing State and County responses to COVID-19, the Governor has issued several emergency proclamations which can be reviewed at https://governor.hawaii.gov/category/newsroom/emergency-proclamations/. The Governor's Eighth Supplemental Proclamation relates to persons traveling to the State or traveling inter-island. Visitors and returning or intended residents are subject to a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine with a few exceptions detailed in the proclamation orders. Additionally, the Department of Transportation provides FAQs about travel/quarantine at https://hidot.hawaii.gov/coronavirus/. The disaster emergency relief period shall continue through June 30, 2020, unless terminated or extended by a separate proclamation, whichever shall occur first. At this point in time, it is not possible to verify or confirm the date that any travel restrictions and quarantine requirements will be modified and/or rescinded. On June 1, 2020, Governor David Ige announced that the state will be lifting the 14-day quarantine requirement for inter-island travelers, effective June 16. The state Department of Transportation will require thermal screening at the airport for everyone traveling inter-island. HDOT will also require travelers to fill out a new form that will now also ask for health-related information to assist the state in tracking and responding to new COVID-19 cases. Hawaiʻi is slowly reopening within public health guidelines and safe practices. The Governor's emergency proclamation allows a county maximum flexibility to exercise its respective emergency management authority. This allows for flexibility between counties since COVID-19 infection rates and recovery on each island differ. Please know that county proclamations and orders may be more restrictive or more lenient. You should consult with county authorities about their requirements and restrictions:
With warmest regards, Office of the Governor State of Hawaiʻi
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For Immediate Release April 14, 2020 Drive-Through Testing for COVID-19 in West Maui on Wednesday, April 15 Drive-through testing for COVID-19 will take place in West Maui on Wednesday, April 15, along Honoapiilani Highway, beginning near Launiupoko Beach Park. Testing will be open to first responders and healthcare workers ONLY from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. They are asked to access the testing site using Kai Hele Ku Street. Testing for the general public will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will have a separate access point to the drive-through. “We want to mahalo Dr. Miscovich and his team again, for providing these test kits for the West Maui community,” Mayor Michael Victorino said. “Providing testing in West Maui to first responders, healthcare workers and the general public is hugely valuable in our fight against COVID-19.” Testing will be provided at no-cost through a partnership with Dr. Scott Miscovich of Premier Medical Group and the County of Maui. General public access to the testing site will be on Honoapiilani Highway eastbound fronting Launiupoko Beach Park. The portion of the highway between Kai Hele Ku St. and the bypass connection will be closed to traffic in both directions. Traffic impacts are expected between Puamana Beach Park and Launiupoko Beach Park. Motorists not seeking testing should avoid the area and use the Lahaina Bypass. Entrance to the testing site will not be allowed from Kai Hele Ku Street. Vehicles will enter the testing site, drive through testing stations, and exit on Honoapiilani Highway or the Lahaina Bypass via Kai Hele Ku Street. Individuals will be screened on-site. First responders and healthcare workers should present their work IDs for screening. All participants are asked to:
-------------------- Chris Sugidono Assistant Communications Director County of Maui | Office of the Mayor 808.270.7208 | Christopher.Sugidono@co.maui.hi.us Passing along information...  DOCTORS ON CALL Honokowai office is closed - NOW VIDEO-VISIT TELEMEDICINE BY PHONE
See below: Doctors On Call Maui Online To help protect you, our staff, and our community in this difficult time, the Doctors On Call office will be temporarily CLOSED until further notice. We look forward to re-opening to serve you in the near future; when we are sure it is safe and sensible for you and the whole community. Our billing office remains open; to reach them please call 808-856-4296. If you are an existing patient with a question related to continuing care, please call 808-283-0331 and leave a detailed message; someone will return your call as soon as possible. DOCNOW for UHA Hotline! See a Doctor Online Immediately. No Wait Time. NO CO-PAY. Call 808-699-5556. Our team can give advice, diagnose, treat and call in prescriptions. HMSA, HMAA, PSWA, Self-Pay, Established Medicare and Work Comp patients call 808-283-0331. We will take your information and one of our physicians will use facetime or skype to call you back. 8am-9pm. Self-pay price $49. Kama’aina $30. Aloha, All... Please spread the word on your huge coconut wireless networks. To make sure that our community is not exposed by going to a doctor or sitting in a clinic waiting room, we have closed our physical Doctors On Call offices during this emergency. But, of course, we ARE available, as always...with a video-visit! Here is our information release: Doctors On Call is offering video-visit telemedicine to patients by phone or video from 8 a.m. till 9 p.m. daily, 7 days a week, the Maui urgent care clinic announced. They are known as the pioneer of urgent care and now telemedicine in Hawaii. Dr. Norman Estin, co-founder and Medical Director of Doctors On Call said, between video-visits, “This is a great chance for us to take care of patients quickly and efficiently without their having to come out of their home and into an doctors office or clinic waiting room." Physicians can offer advice, diagnose, treat, and call in prescriptions. Estimates are that 75-80% of medical care can be done on-line, from the comfort of a home, office, or any smartphone. Specific and easy-to-follow instructions for any patient regardless of their insurance plan is on their website, DocMaui.com. All local insurances cover the telemedicine video-visits, and the self-pay cost is only $49. "We are actually able to offer telemedicine to the entire state, but of course our primary focus is getting easy online care to all Maui residents," said Estin. "We are working to have it all covered by the other insurance carriers as well, like Medicare and hopefully Kaiser." |
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