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The state has expanded its partnership with CLEAR Health Pass to provide COVID-19 test screening and vaccine verification of all
Hawaii-bound travelers from every U.S. mainland airport on any airline.
Gov. David Ige also announced that the Philippines and Korea will be added Thursday to the list of international destinations that are allowed to seek a COVID-19 testing exemption so that they do not have to quarantine for 10 days upon arrival in Hawaii.
The state will accept only specific tests that are conducted by one of the state’s trusted testing partners. Tests must be taken no earlier than 72 hours prior to departing for the last leg of the trip to Hawaii, and the negative result must be uploaded prior to departure. For more information, visit hawaiicovid19.com/travel.
On Thursday, Hawaii
began allowing domestic travelers who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to seek a vaccination exemption.
COVID vaccination exemptions still aren’t allowed for international travelers. Testing also is required for those age 5 and above who are not vaccinated and wish to bypass Hawaii’s travel quarantine.
Any passengers on any commercial flight from the mainland, who are over the age of 18, who download the CLEAR app clearme.com/
hawaii and correctly follow the directions can use Health Pass. CLEAR touts Health Pass as a “free, mobile experience by CLEAR, which securely connects a person’s verified identity to multiple layers of COVID-19 related insights, including proof of vaccination, to reduce public health risk.”
Here’s how it works: Travelers will add their negative COVID-19 test result or vaccine verification to the free CLEAR mobile app clearme.com/hawaii to generate a Health Pass. Then they can apply for a quarantine exception on the Hawaii Safe Travels website by linking their CLEAR Health Pass. The secure process may be done over a…