AND RELEASED FROM ISOLATION.
AIRPORT SCREENING AND HOW TO
CONTROL THE CORONAVIRUS FROM
COMING INTO OUR STATE.
IT'S BEEN A BIG CONCERN FOR
MANY.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE RECENT
INCREASE IN VISITORS.
1,268 TRAVELERS ARRIVED IN THE
STATE ON SATURDAY ABOARD 15
FLIGHTS.
HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY SAYS
1 33 WERE MEMBERS OF THE
MILITARY.
369 WERE VISITORS.
AND 373 WERE RESIDENTS
RETURNING HOME.
JOINING US THIS MORNING,
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND
STATE'S COVID-19 LIAISON,
DR. JOSH GREEN.
GOOD MORNING, DOC.
HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND?
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD WEEKEND.
BUT I STILL HAVE CONCERNS WITH
ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING.
Ross: WHAT'S LATEST UPDATE
ON THE AIRPORTS?
ARE THERE ANY NEW SAFETY
PROTOCOLS IN PLACE TO
FROABLPROTECTRESIDENTS?
THEY ARE BEING BUILT OUT
VERY AGGRESSIVELY NOW.
SPENT BETTER PART OF THE
WEEKEND WORKING THROUGH THIS.
G OV WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT
CONFERENCE.
I'LL BE THERE.
WE ARE WORKING EXTREMELY
CLOSELY DAY IN AN DAY OUT WITH
THE AIRPORTS.
SO THEY CAN PUT THINGS LIKE
THERMAL SCANNERS IN, VERY,
VERY HEAVILY LAYERED
PROTECTIONS AND THEN LOTS OF
MOVEMENT ON TESTING ACROSS
IT'S COUNTRY INCLUDING ALASKA
AND FOR HAWAII.
WE WILL HAVE IT SAFE AS OUR
NUMBERS START GOING UP.
MORE SIGNIFICANTLY.
WHEN TOURISTS REALLY COME IN
EARNEST AND WE OPEN OUR
BORDER.
Ross: YOU MENTIONED THAT
THE GOVERNOR WILL BE HAVING A
PRESS CONFERENCE LATER
MORNING.
LATER TODAY.
IS THERE ANY STATUS IN TERMS
OF THE VISITORS BEING TESTED?
LIKE YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT.
72 HOURS.
PRIOR TO COMING TO THE
ISLANDS.
THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT
ON THAT.
I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE
GOVERNOR TODAY AND LET HIM
THE TECHNICAL NATURE OF WHAT
WILL BE DONE AS FAR AS NEW
PLANS AND THE CALENDAR.
TRUTH IS WE CAN DO A LOT OF
ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE TESTING,
WORKING ON VERY DETAILED PLAN
WHICH I THINK YOU GUYS ARE
GOING TO LOVE.
UPDATE AND DETAILS ON THAT.
CONVERSATIONS WITH AIRLINE AND
INDUSTRY.
BEGIN TO GO PROMOTE PROGRAMS
ON OUR BEHALF.
ALOHA WELCOME PROGRAM.
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE FOR
TESTING IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE
DO.
THEY DECISION WILL IT'S POLICY
PRACTICE.
POLICY, OPINION MAN DAICHT
PRACTICE -- POLICY MEANING
IT'S A MANDATE.
EVERYONE TESTED BEFORE COMING.
SO MUCH LAYERS, LIKELIHOOD OF
VIRUS BREAK OUT HERE WILL BE
VERY LOW.
DESPITE BUSINESSES REOPENING,
SEEN COVID-19 NEW CASE REMAIN
SINGLE DIGITS.
ARE YOU SPRAYED SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T
SEEN PI BIGGER SPIKE IN UPTICK?
NO.
THE ISLANDS HERE AT HOME IS
VERY LOW RIGHT NOW.
IN SPITE OF TRICKLE OF
TOURISTS COMING IN, AND
OBVIOUSLY, VERY COGNIZANT WE
HAVE TO QUARANTINE BUST THEM
IF THEY GO OUT, IT'S BEEN VERY
LOW LIKELIHOOD OF SPREAD.
SO JUST YESTERDAY, ONE CASE,
THREE CASE AS A DAY BEFORE,
IT'S LIKELY TO STAY THIS LOW
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
MATTER WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO
SEE SOME GENTLE RISE IN THE
NUMBER OF CASES.
BUT WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THAT
MINUTE BY MINUTE.
SO IT DOESN'T GET OUT OF HAND.
NO WAY ON EARTH, NO MATTER
WHAT WE DO, AS FAR AS
SCREENING GOES, ONCE WE OPEN
TO THE MAINLAND, AND TO ASIA,
THAT WE WON'T SEE SLIGHTLY
MORE CASES.
BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE IT VERY WELL UNDER
CONTROL AND THAT WE DON'T
OVERWHELM OUR HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM.
I STILL THAT'S A SMALL
INCREMENT OF INCREASE.
TO SEE THE NUMBERS END OF
MARCH LIKE 30 A DAY.
Ross: IS OUR HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM, HOSPITAL, STILL?
SHALL-GOOD SHAPE TO HANDLE A
BIG SPIKE?
I WOULD USE THE CLICHE,
HOSPITALS ARE KILLING IT.
BUT IT MIGHT SOUND
INAPPROPRIATE.
JUST DOING AWESOME WORK.
YOU HAD ALMOST NO CASES.
WE HAD ONLY ONE FATALITY IN
THE LAST 30 DAYS.
WE ONLY HAD 34 CASES IN THE
LAST MONTH.
VENTILATOR USE IS AT ALL TIME
LOW.
UNDER 10%.
SO JUST GREAT WORK BY OUR
HOSPITALS AND OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS AND OUR NURSES AND
DOCTORS.
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HAS STEPPED
UP.
OF COURSE, WE'VE KEPT THE
NUMBERS LOW BECAUSE ELECTIVE
SURGERIES ARE LOW.
COMPLETELY OVER CAPACITY RIGHT
NOW.
WE HAVE WAY MORE CAPACITY THAN
WE NEED TO HANDLE WHAT WE'RE
BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE READY
BECAUSE GOODNESS KNOWS,
EVERYONE IS THINKING ABOUT
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN TOURISTS
ACTUALLY RETURN.
PEOPLE.
WHO NEED HEALTH CARE AND DON'T
HAVE INSURANCE COVERAGE.
BECAUSE YOUR ALOHA FREE CLINIC
IS OPENING UP TODAY.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THAT?
WELL, IT'S AT 2055 NORTH
KING STREET.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I TIMED
THIS DIRECTLY.
DR. IRELAND AND I ARE WORKING
ON THIS ONE TIMED BECAUSE WE
KNEW THAT JUNE 1 WAS THE DAY
WHERE SOME PEOPLE WOULD NOT
HAVE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE OR
INSURANCE BECAUSE OF LOSING
JOBS.
TOTALLY FREE, NOT A PENNY
FREE MEDICATIONS FOR PEOPLE IF
THEY NEED THEM.
BASIC STUFF.
IDEAL IF PEOPLE COULD WRITE AN
EMAIL TO ALOHA FREE CLINIC AT
GMAIL.COM TO TELL US WHAT THEY
NEED.
OR WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO
COME IN.
WE WILL TAKE WALK-INS AND NO
RESOURCES.
COMPLETELY FUNDED BY
PHILANTHROPY AND PEOPLE LIKE
THE FIVE MINUTE PHARMACY,
CATHY WILSON, HAWAII PACIFIC,
AND THEN THE NATIONAL KIDNEY
FOUNDATION.
THESE GUYS HAVE STEPPED UP SO
MUCH.
IT'S UNBEL UNBELIEVABLE.
THERE TO GIVE FREE CARE.
QUICK VISITS.
BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINE.
DIABETES TREATMENT.
MEANT IN CASE YOU'RE IN A
TOUGH SPOT BECAUSE OF COVID.
Ross: THIS STARTS TODAY
UNTIL END OF AUGUST?
FREE MONTHS.
RUN IT VOLUNTEER.
MY HE HAVE THIS AFTERNOON.
SEE SOME PATIENTS.
DO WHAT'S NECESSARY TOO A
OVER 150 VOLUNTEERS.
FOR THESE THREE MONTHS.
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
FROM 9:00 IN THE MORNING TILL
12:00.
DO OUR PAPERWORK FROM 12:00 TO
1:00.
AND THEN 1:00 TO 4:00.
PEOPLE CAN JUST DROP IN.
AND JUST GET THE BASICS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MAYO
CLINIC AND NOT GOING TO BE
NEUROSURGERY.
BUT IT WILL BE BASIC THINGS
THAT PEOPLE NEED.
IF THEY'VE GOT INSURANCE, WE
WILL ENCOURAGE THEM FOR TO THE
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OR
THE ACUTE CARE FACILITIES
COVERED.
BUT WE'LL TAKE ANYBODY WHO HAS
A NEED.
Ross: ALOHA FREE CLINIC
STARTS TODAY.