Urgent COVID mitigation front and center at City Council
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Wed. Sept. 1, 2021
Urgent COVID mitigation front and center at City Council
Pre-testing, health passes and a powerful briefing
HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I — Prominent Hawai‘i medical experts will discuss their day-to-day experiences facing down the COVID-19 pandemic and developing trends at a special meeting of the Honolulu City Council Committee on Transportation, Sustainability and Health at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 2. The committee is chaired by Councilmember Radiant Cordero.
Speakers include:
Dr. Darragh O'Carroll, Emergency Physician
Dr Victoria Fan, Chair of the Hawai‘i Pandemic Applied Modeling (HiPAM) Work Group Dr. Julius Pham, Queen's Medical Center Intensive Care Unit
The medical professionals will speak as part of an informational briefing, updating councilmembers and the public on the current status, trends and impacts, as well as potential actions and measures to address the surge of the delta variant and protect the health of O‘ahu residents.
The committee will also consider two new resolutions aimed at combatting the spread of the delta variant in this most recent surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public testimony will precede council action.
Resolution 21-193, urging the governor to reinstate pre-travel COVID-19 testing for domestic and international travelers to Hawai‘i regardless of vaccination status.
Reso: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=11841
Status page - find testimony here
Resolution 21-194, urging the city administration and State of Hawai‘i to implement a COVID 19 health card for establishments at higher risk of COVID-19 transmission. Reso: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=11842
Status page - find testimony here
Agenda
The resolutions cited above are in addition to Resolutions 21-187 and 21-189, co-introduced by Honolulu City Council Chair Tommy Waters and Vice Chair Esther Kiaʻāina. The resolutions were reported out for adoption at the Aug. 24 TSH meeting.
Res 21-187 Status page
Res 21-198 Status page
The Transportation, Sustainability and Health Committee meeting will be carried live on ‘Ōlelo Community Media Channel 54 and will be streamed online at https://olelo.org/.
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