Hawai'i Welcomes Visitors With Negative Coronavirus Tests

Hawai'i Governor David Ige announced on September 16, 2020, a new pre-travel testing program for COVID-19, which will start October 15th. The pre-travel testing enables travelers to avoid a mandatory 14-day quarantine if they are tested no earlier than 72 hours before their flight arrives in Hawai'i with an FDA-approved nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), performed using a nasal swab, and can show proof of negative test results from a CLIA certified laboratory.

And arriving visitors will have their temperatures checked upon arrival and must fill out a travel and health form.

However, airline passengers unable to provide proof of an approved negative test will be required to go into quarantine for 14-days or until they can provide proof of negative test results.

From a ranking perspective, new study by WalletHub ranks Hawai'i as the state with the most COVID-19 restrictions in the USA.