Hawaii extends 14-day coronavirus quarantine for all incoming travelers

Travelers making their way to Hawaii will still be required to quarantine for 14 days, the state’s governor announced on Wednesday. 

Governor David Ige extended the mandatory quarantine in an effort to keep the coronavirus cases on the island low. 

The state has among the lowest infection of the coronavirus and mortality rates in the country. Ige enacted early self-quarantine measures for all tourists and residents in March.

State officials are working to install thermal screening stations and facial recognition technology at Hawaii airports by the end of 2020

Ige shared that the rule will extend until the end of July as the state works to implement a screening process that would allow travelers to return. 

State officials are working to install thermal screening stations and facial recognition technology at Hawaii airports by the end of 2020. 

The technology would only be used to monitor people within the airport, Ige said.

The state has among the lowest infection of the coronavirus and mortality rates in the country

Both residents and tourists have been arrested in the state for violating quarantine rules. 

The state will lift its inter-island quarantine rules by next week, but maintains that anyone with a temperature over 100.4 degrees still be prohibited from flying. 

In the United States, more than 2million people have tested positive for the coronavirus. More than 112,900 have died. 

In the United States, more than 2million people have tested positive for the coronavirus.More than 112,900 have died