Hawaii is developing a program that can allow anyone who is fully vaccinated to visit the state of the island without being quarantined.
People who have received the full dose of a coronavirus vaccine will receive an electronic code – a vaccine passport – that allows them to travel between islands, according to Hawaii News Now.
This vaccine passport is expected to be distributed to essential workers who are fully vaccinated first, Lt. Governor Josh Green told the station. This may already be on March 1st.
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“General Hara will be able to turn on the switch and open it and make it our policy as soon as we have part of the infrastructure in place,” Green told Hawaii News Now.
Hawaiian authorities are reportedly developing a plan to offer vaccine passports to facilitate round trip travel to the islands for people who are fully vaccinated. (iStock)
He added that the state hopes that vaccinated Hawaiians from the general population can join the program and travel to different islands by April 1.
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Fully vaccinated travelers from the continent could obtain their vaccine passports by May 1, Green told Hawaii News Now.
“This is how we restore our economy very quickly,” said Green. “We would probably see a big increase in the number of visitors, say, the drop this way.”
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Some travelers to Hawaii are already allowed to skip the state’s 10-day quarantine due to a new partnership between the state and the CLEAR technology platform.
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Travelers who obtain a negative test 72 hours after travel and record their results on the CLEAR Health Pass will be allowed to travel to Hawaii without being quarantined.
However, the six-week pilot program is only available to people flying from Los Angeles to Honolulu on United or Delta airlines.