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News release, Hawaii Department of Health updates quarantine guidance based on review of CDC's new recommendations

DOH release reducing the quarantine period for persons exposed to COVID-19 from 14 to 10 days effective Dec. 4, 2020

Hawaii State Department of Health · Hawaii (State)

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Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Level
State
Authority
HRS 321-1, 325-8
Issued
2020-12-04 Dec. 4, 2020
Effective
2020-12-04
End
Superseded by the Aug. 18, 2021 and Jan. 2022 guidance (read as 2021-08-18)
In force
Dec. 4, 2020 to Aug. 18, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Quarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all persons exposed to COVID-19
  • employers and schools
Functions reached
  • WF exposed employees excluded from work 10 days
  • HR
Collection
Hawaii HI

Operative words

[DOH reduced] the required quarantine period of those exposed to COVID-19 from 14 days to 10 days... effective today... Those who are in quarantine cannot have any clinical evidence of COVID-19 symptoms up to the time quarantine is discontinued... Daily symptom self-monitoring must continue through day 14... The new quarantine guidance does not modify any travel quarantine provided for in the governor's proclamations

Enforcement

DOH quarantine authority under HRS 325-8 (compulsory physical separation by order of the department), recited in the Governor's proclamations