HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The governor is urging readers to reschedule approaching journey to Hawaii as the point out struggles to respond to a COVID surge that’s threatening to overwhelm hospitals.
He also reported that a lockdown “is on the table” if infection fees really don’t drop.
“It is not a great time to travel to the islands. I motivate every person to limit and curtail vacation to Hawaii,” Gov. David Ige said, at a news meeting Monday. “Is a lockdown on the desk? Indeed, it would be if the amount of circumstances proceeds to mature exponentially as it has in the past 10 weeks … then we will have to take motion to limit and be certain that the hospitals aren’t overrun.”
He extra that he does not have a particular result in for when a remain-at-property may well be imposed.
“We are in call with the hospitals every solitary working day about their latest scenario of the number of sufferers they are seeing and about their potential to keep on to provide our neighborhood,” he stated.
The governor’s remarks occur as the state grapples with fast group unfold of the Delta variant. Skyrocketing COVID counts are by now straining Hawaii hospitals and ICUs are nearing capacity.
Regardless of the condition, the governor stopped short of announcing any new limits Monday.
Before this month, he declared new caps on social gatherings and capability limitations for eating places, bars, fitness centers and other social establishments.
Before on Monday, Oahu’s mayor instituted a new ban on all big structured gatherings, such as weddings, funerals and conventions.
The get cancels scores of activities that have been prepared for Oahu this thirty day period.
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