Hana and Lanai are the first communities in the state to try out a pilot program application that notifies people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. The AlohaSafe Alert smartphone application has already been downloaded more than 3,000 times since it launched...
By Ryan Ozawa Ready or not, tourists are coming, schools are moving toward in-person classes and businesses are reopening. Hawaii is at a critical crossroads between the fight against COVID-19 and the fight for its economic survival. We’ve done surge testing to show...
Contact tracing helps fight the spread of COVID-19, but it is time consuming work that has overwhelmed the state Health Department. Two local apps designed to help contact tracers do their job faster and more effectively are in the works to combat this issue....
