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WAILUKU, Hawaii County officials in Maui are reminding travelers that they must provide COVID-19 vaccination documentation to be exempted from the testing requirement upon arriving on the island.
Maui County began requiring all trans-Pacific travelers participating in the Safe Travels program to take an additional rapid COVID-19 test upon arrival beginning May 4, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. But fully vaccinated trans-Pacific travelers in the program do not need to take a test with proof of vaccination.
Travelers are considered vaccinated after 14 days have passed since receiving both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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When Hawaii launched a program in October allowing visitors to bypass its 10-day coronavirus quarantine by showing proof of a negative COVID-19 test, thousands of travelers took advantage of the offer.
Hawaii s statistics show that 594,628 visitors arrived in the state from Oct. 15, when the bypass program took effect, to Dec. 31.
Now that the bypass program has been in effect for a couple months, Hawaii has made some adjustments. The most notable is that travelers must upload a negative test result before they depart the mainland. Previously, you were covered as long as you had the results when you landed.