HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED.
UNDER CURRENT RESTRICTIONS...
OAHU AND HAWAII ISLAND BEACHES
AND PARKS
ARE OFF-LIMITS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE OUT IN
FULL- FORCE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
ARE FOLLOWING
THE RULES.
HERE'S NIKKI SCHENFELD.
NIKKI SCHENFELD: "LARGE
GATHERINGS WERE WITNESSED DURING
MEMORIAL DAY AND THE JULY 4TH
WEEKENDS THE CONCERN IS HOLIDAY
WEEKENDS TEND TO BE FOLLOWED BY
A SURGE IN CASES."
HOLIDAY WEEKENDS HAVE BROUGHT
LARGE CROWDS TO THE BEACH
STATEWIDE DESPITE THE
PANDEMIC.
ON MEMORIAL DAY HAWAII HAD 0
COVID- CASES, THREE WEEKS LATER
THE STATE
JUMPED TO 8 CASES.
ON JULY 4TH THE STATE CASE COUNT
WAS AT 24 --- THREE WEEKS LATER
IT WAS 73 AND IT CONTINUED TO
CLIMB FROM THERE.
LT. GOV JOSH GREEN: "YEAH, I AM
CONCERNED, I'M GOING TO BE
IF YOU'RE NOT A HEALTHCARE
PROVIDER OR IN SOME
ESSENTIAL WORK, PLEASE STAY
HOME."
FOR HONOLULU RESIDENTS YOU CAN
BE IN THE WATER BUT NOT ON THE
BEACH AND ALL
GATHERINGS, INDOORS AND
OUTDOORS, ARE PROHIBITED WITH
ANYONE OUTSIDE OF
YOUR HOUSEHOLD. ON HAWAII ISLAND
- GATHERINGS ARE ALSO PROHIBITED
AND
BEACHES AND PARKS ARE CLOSED
SGT. JASON GROUNS: "WE'RE NOT
SHORELINE BUT WE ARE GOING TO
PROHIBIT AND ENFORCE PEOPLE FROM
CAMPING, SETTING UP TENTS,
BRINGING OUT COOLERS, THAT KIND
OF STUFF, CONGREGATING IN
GROUPS."
LT. GOV GREEN SAYS HE'S GLAD
MAYOR KIM PUT IN RESTRICTIONS
AHEAD OF THE LONG
WEEKEND
LT. GOV JOSH GREEN: I'M VERY
RELIEVED BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE
HAD A TERRIBLE OUTCOME AFTER
LABOR DAY HAD THEY LET WHAT'S 34
CASES
TODAY BLOSSOMED INTO 100 OR
MORE."
HONOLULU POLICE SAYS COVID
ENFORCEMENT TEAMS WILL BE
WORKING OVER THE
WEEKEND.
THE HOTLINE IS STAFFED AND
THEY'VE BEEN AVERAGING OVER 100
PHONE CALLS A DAY.
HPD IS ASKING THE PUBLIC TO
COMPLY WITH THE EMERGENCY
ORDERS.
LT. GOV JOSH GREEN: "I DON'T
THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE MUCH
ACTIVITY AT THE BEACHES THIS
LABOR DAY WEEKEND BECAUSE THE
POLICE ARE
OUT AND THEY WILL FINE YOU 6:49
THIS IS THE TIME TO LAY LOW I
MEAN IT "
GREEN SAYS HE WANTS TO SEE
NUMBERS CONSISTENTLY BELOW 200.
HE'S NOT SURE IF
THE STAY AT HOME ORDER FOR OAHU
WILL BE EXTENDED PAST THURSDAY.
HE BELIEVES
BEACHES AND TRAILS COULD RE-OPEN
BUT SAYS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE
SEE THIS WEEKEND.
LT. GOV JOSH GREEN: NOT HAVING
GATHERINGS THAT'S CRITICAL, SO
IF WE DO THAT WE'LL SEE THE
NUMBERS COME DOWN, WE'RE RIGHT
AT THE TURNING
POINT NOW"
NIKKI SCHENFELD KHON2 NEWS
WORKING FOR HAWAII.
BRIG:
ANOTHER TWO HAWAII RESIDENTS
HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO
COVID-19.
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY, ONE
WAS A MAN BETWEEN 60 AND 69
