Hawaii to Lift Indoor Mask Requirement

Hawaii to Lift Indoor Mask Requirement

  • Tomoya Tsuruhara
  • 03/9/22
Hawaii Governor David Ige has announced that the mandatory indoor mask wearing in Hawaii will be lifted at 11:59 pm on March 25th.

Hawaii is currently the only state in the U.S. that still requires indoor masks. The state implemented its first mask mandate in April 2020 and has continued this policy for about two years.
This mandate is the last major COVID restriction, and its end will be a major milestone as the state moves into a new phase of the pandemic that aims to "coexist with the virus."

“We are committed to moving our state forward and learning to live with COVID,” Ige said at a news conference.

 

However, he emphasized that the removal of the mandatory wearing of indoor masks does not mean that masks will disappear completely.

Public schools, prisons, city buses, and airports will continue to require masks. Private companies also have the right to mandate masks.

"We are prepared to revive the mask policy if there is a surge in cases," he said.

 

 

Separately, the state education department announced that public school campuses will no longer require students, faculty and staff to wear masks outdoors.

The new rule, which went into effect Wednesday, means children in public schools no longer have to wear masks during recess or when walking outdoors between classes.

 

 

今回の屋内マスク着用義務の解除の日、3月25日は、州の安全な旅行に関する規則(セーフ・トラベルズ・プログラム)が解除される日でもあります。

この規則は、10日間の検疫を回避するために、国内から太平洋を越えて到着した人はワクチン接種の証明かCOVIDテストが陰性であることを示す必要があるとするものでした。

※セーフ・トラベルズ・プログラムは国内からの旅行者が対象の規則であり、日本から直行便でハワイに渡航する場合はCDCによる規制を遵守する必要があるため、引き続きワクチン接種証明と陰性証明の提出が必要です。

 

 

ハワイはアメリカ本土の他の州と同じように、徐々にコロナによる様々な規制の解除へ進んでいます。

 

引用ーHawaii News Now

 

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