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Courtesy: Workplace of Governor David Ige
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Tourists from French Polynesia will before long be ready to bypass the state’s mandatory 10-day quarantine by furnishing a damaging COVID-19 check upon arrival. Governor David Ige made the announcement on Friday.
Vacationers from the overseas collectivity of France will nonetheless be expected to abide by the similar regulations that other accepted nations around the world and trans-Pacific US tourists stick to to be exempt from quarantine. All those guidelines consist of getting a test 72 hours prior to departure from a Hawaii-accredited reliable vacation lover.
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The point out Office of Wellness (DOH) has accredited the use of the COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification Take a look at (NAAT) performed by the Institut Louis Malardé for the pre-travel take a look at.
“I am extremely grateful to President Fritch and all all those in the French Polynesian authorities who have labored challenging to make our pre-travel screening plan obtainable to your inhabitants,” Gov. David Ige mentioned. “Many of Hawaiʻi’s people have relatives in Tahiti, and welcoming our company from French Polynesia to Hawaiʻi is an significant step in protecting the shut romance between our two locations.”
“I take into consideration that the resumption of air company with the Hawaiian Islands as of August 7, is the recognition by your Condition of the collective initiatives produced the two by the country’s authorities, by our well being personnel but also by our population slowdown of the circulation of COVID-19 in our territory,” claimed President Fritch of French Polynesia.
Vacation to Hawaii from French Polynesia is established to resume on June 21.
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