Visitors to most state facilities will be required to show vaccination tests, COVID testing

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Visitors to most state facilities, including public schools and libraries, must prove that they are vaccinated or provide a negative COVID test result if they contact a state employee , according to a new executive order signed by the governor.

The expansive rule, which goes into effect Monday, comes as Hawaii continues to face an alarming rise in COVID cases that threatens to overwhelm the health care system.

Details on how visitors to state facilities would provide vaccination testing or testing were not immediately released. There was also some confusion about where the order would be applied.

The governor’s order excludes some facilities from the rule, including airports, beach parks, correctional facilities and state housing projects.

The governor’s office also said state courts would not be subject to the order.

The order defines a visitor as anyone 12 years of age or older and therefore eligible for vaccination.

Governor David Ige previously required vaccines or weekly testing for all state employees and all counties have similar rules. Also as part of its executive order, it expanded its vaccination or testing rules for any contractor who was entering, working, or providing services at any state facility.

Companies that hire state contractors will need to certify that their employees are vaccinated.

Those workers who are not vaccinated will have to give COVID negatives weekly.

State regulations for visitors to their properties arrive as Oahu and Maui prepare to launch so-called “vaccine” programs for restaurants, bars, gyms and other entertainment venues.

Oahu secure access goes into effect Monday.

This story will be updated.

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