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Face masks decorated with the Hawaiian islands are available in Lahaina on Thursday. Maui is continuing to see an increase in COVID-19 clusters under investigation, with 21 active clusters this week spanning education, the tourism industry, a church, food suppliers and restaurants. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
The state Department of Health is investigating 21 COVID-19 clusters on Maui, up from a dozen a week ago, as the county continues to grapple with a contagious variant and clusters in the tourism industry, school settings and a church.
Outbreaks in travel, lodging and tourism went from four clusters of 39 cases last week to seven clusters of 93 cases this week, according to the DOH cluster report released Thursday. Department officials did not say whether the cases were from visitors or hotel employees.
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Gravel and dirt fill a former paved parking lot at the Maui Veterans Cemetery on April 2. Two construction projects are ongoing at the Makawao site to expand the cemetery and add 640 columbarium niches. The Maui News / MELISSA TANJI photo
MAKAWAO Two construction projects to expand the Maui Veterans Cemetery in Makawao and add a memorial wall are expected to be completed by the end of this year or early 2022, the state Office of Veterans’ Services said this week.
The $5.7 million cemetery expansion and improvements project is scheduled to be completed around September, while an approximately $1 million project that will add 640 columbarium niches and a memorial wall is expected to be finished in December, said Ret. Col. Ron Han Jr., director of the state Office of Veterans’ Services.
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UH-Maui nursing student Ilaise Davis draws a dose of Moderna vaccine into a syringe on April 1 during the state Department of Health’s vaccination clinic at the college. After being swamped with demand early in the rollout, the Maui District Health Office said it’s recently been struggling to fill appointment slots.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
For about a week now, appointments have gone unfilled at state Department of Health vaccine clinics in Kahului, mere months after people once waited hours in line to get a shot and were sometimes turned away as demand overwhelmed the clinic.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. sits empty at its longtime Front Street location on Wednesday. After decades of serving shrimp on the seashore in historic Lahaina Town, Bubba Gump’s permanently closed its doors on April 4, Easter Sunday, according to the restaurant’s general manager. Inspired by the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump,” the company opened its first restaurant in California and quickly expanded to 22 locations across the U.S., including on Front Street in 1997, according to its website. The company’s corporate office could not be reached for comment following the closure. “We are grateful for the support of our community and encourage our guests to visit us at our other Landry’s location nearby!” a sign on the restaurant said.
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