POST site in Keʻehi Lagoon.
About 200 individuals (approximately 15 per week) have been tested through the Hawaiʻi Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (
H.O.M.E.) Project since the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Tropical Medicine Clinical Laboratory (
TMCL) began operating last year. The laboratory remains steadfast in its role to provide COVID-19 testing to underserved populations throughout Oʻahu.
Staff and volunteers at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (
JABSOM) have been providing free, rapid result testing since November 2020. On-location testing events have already reached many, including houseless individuals every Tuesday at the City and County of Honolulu’s Provisional Outdoor Screening and Triage (