A year of COVID-19 in Hawaii
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The state launched its pre-travel testing program on Oct. 15. Travelers waited in long lines to be screened after arriving on trans-Pacific flights at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Travelers wait in line to be screened after arriving on transpacific flights on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii. Thirty transpacific flights arrived on Thursday, as the state of Hawaii opened its long awaited pre-travel COVID-19 testing program that allows arriving travelers to bypass the 14-day quarantine with a negative COVID-19 test result up to 72 hours prior to the arriving flight.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
An empty Kuhio Avenue in Waikiki is seen on April 18.STAR-ADVERTISER
Closed and boarded up shops at Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel on April 3.STAR-ADVERTISER
Drivers wait in line for COVID-19 testing at Kakaako Waterfront Park on March 21. Private physician Dr. Scott Miscovich created several COVID-19 testing programs across the islands.COURTESY OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
Lt. Gov. Josh Green expressed concern for the spike in cases during a news conference on Aug. 13.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
An empty intersection fronting the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center is seen on April 18 in Waikiki.STAR-ADVERTISER
The Premier Medical Group Hawaii tested employees of the Arcadia Family of Companies for COVID-19 in June. Charles Abad was tested by Kaela Akina-Magnussen.STAR-ADVERTISER
A visitor from Italy stands alone on Waikiki Beach on March 26.STAR-ADVERTISER
Gov. David Ige held a news conference on March 15 to update residents on COVID-19. Cases were beginning to climb at the time and less than a week later Ige ordered a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for returning residents and arriving visitors. Pictured behind him were State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Park, Department of Health Director Bruce Anderson and Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell.STAR-ADVERTISER
The second “Kalakaua Open Street Sundays” on Father's Day..STAR-ADVERTISER
Closed and boarded up shops are seen at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa on April 3.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Vehicles drive up at the first mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Pier 2 on Jan. 18.STAR-ADVERTISER
Department of Health laboratory microbiologist Samantha Sobus demonstrates the procedures involved in the testing for COVID-19 in a DOH lab on March 3.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Volunteers loaded a trunk with food at the Waipio Soccer Complex on April 30.STAR-ADVERTISER
Gates are closed at the Honolulu Zoo on April 3.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
A lone customer is seen in the outside dining area of the Cheesecake Factory restaurant on July 30 in Waikiki.STAR-ADVERTISER
A homeless person walked along an empty Kalakaua Ave. on March 26.