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Latest developments:
⢠State Department of Health on Monday reported 61 new cases statewide, including 36 on Oahu, 11 on Maui, six on Kauai and eight residents diagnosed out of state.
⢠There have now been 33,267 cases statewide, including 25,464 on Oahu, 3,657 in Maui County (3,508 on Maui, 112 on Lanai and 37 on Molokai), 2,739 on Hawaii island and 303 on Kauai. A total of 1,104 residents have been diagnosed out of state.
⢠As a result of updated information, one case on Maui was removed from the counts.
⢠No new deaths were reported Monday. There remains 488 fatalities statewide, including 377 on Oahu, 53 on Hawaii island, 53 on Maui, two on Kauai and three residents who died out of state.
May 6, 2021
Q: It seems that there are three different COVID vaccines. What is the difference between all of them? Between all three, which has more protection against COVID?
Chrissy Miller, Employee Health Manager, Maui Health: Currently, three drug companies have received emergency use authorization from the FDA for vaccines against COVID-19. These companies are Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
The most important thing to know is that all three vaccines are safe and highly effective. The FDA did not skip any steps or safety protocols during the approval process. They all went through extensive testing before they were approved and have now been injected into millions of people worldwide with no safety problems.
Kalbert Young,
UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature 2021 session.
The 2021 Legislature adjourned on April 29, after passing more than 260 bills, which the governor will now consider for enactment. Some of these bills will impact the University of Hawaiʻi either directly or indirectly.
This was the first year of the Legislature’s biennium (two-year cycle). Since lingering tax revenue impacts from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are still a major factor on the state budget, and federal stimulus aid has recently been enacted to help the state, the budget bill was arguably the most significant measure of the session. The following will highlight components of the budget as it relates to
Latest developments: • State Department of Health on Friday reported 118 new cases statewide as of 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, including 84 on Oahu, 14 on Maui, 12