“Hawaii records 1,316 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths.’

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Hawaii records 1,316 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

By Nina Wu
Today
Updated 10:23 am
5 Comments

The state’s average positivity rate also increased to 7.9% compared with 7.1% the previous week. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS / JAN. 1
A police robot vehicle patrols near the crowd that has returned to a mall following the easing of pandemic restrictions in Beijing. European Union nations are fine-tuning a coordinated response to China’s COVID-19 crisis on Wednesday, Jan. 4, and are zeroing in on travel restrictions that would upset both Beijing and the global airline industry.

EU urges pre-flight COVID-19 tests on passengers from China

By Raf Casert / Associated Press
Today

European Union nations are fine-tuning a coordinated response to China’s COVID-19 crisis on Wednesday, Jan. 4, and are zeroing in on travel restrictions that would upset both Beijing and the global airline industry. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS
A person leaves flowers for the display set-up for Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin outside of University of Cincinnati Medical Center today in Cincinnati. Hamlin was taken to the hospital after collapsing on the field during the Bill’s NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night.

Hamlin’s collapse spurs new wave of vaccine misinformation

By Associated Press
Today
5 Comments

There’s no indication Hamlin’s vaccine status played a role, and said no evidence to support claims that young athletes have died as a result of COVID vaccinations. Read more

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A home COVID-19 test kit.

Oceanit gets federal approval for home COVID test

By Sophie Cocke
Today
Updated 9:42 am

More than two years after beginning work on a rapid COVID-19 test, Hawaii’s Oceanit Laboratories has been granted approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell its home nasal swab test and hopes to have it in local stores within the next couple of months, according to the company’s founder and CEO, Patrick Sullivan. Read more

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Visitors are reflected on a window pane as a man counts Chinese currency notes at a shop selling tea in Qianmen, a popular tourist spot in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 3. As the virus continues to rip through China, global organizations and governments have called on the country start sharing data while others have criticized its current numbers as meaningless.

Beijing threatens response to ‘unacceptable’ virus measures

By Ken Moritsugu / Associated Press
Jan. 3, 2023
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The comments were China’s sharpest to date on the issue. Read more

JU PENG / XINHUA NEWS AGENCY VIA AP
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a New Year address in Beijing, Saturday. China “stands on the right side of history,” the country’s leader in a New Year’s address that came as questions swirl over his government’s handling of COVID-19 and economic and political challenges.

Why China’s economy faces a perilous road to recovery

By Keith Bradsher / New York Times
Jan. 2, 2023
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Nearly three years of “zero-COVID” measures have crushed businesses. Read more

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A child wearing a mask stands near light decorations at a mall in Beijing Friday. Australia and Canada have joined a growing list of countries requiring travelers from China to take a COVID-19 test prior to boarding their flight.

Canada, Australia impose COVID rules on travelers from China

By Associated Press
Jan. 2, 2023

Australia and Canada join other countries including the U.S., U.K., India, Japan and several European nations in imposing tougher COVID-19 measures on Chinese travelers. Read more

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This image from the Twitter page of Elon Musk shows Musk entering Twitter headquarters carrying a sink through the lobby area on Oct. 26 in San Francisco after he bought the company. Twitter is of particular concern to COVID researchers worried about misinformation. Since Musk took over, the company recently gutted the teams responsible for keeping dangerous or inaccurate material in check on the platform, and stopped enforcing its COVID misinformation policy

As COVID-19 continues to spread, so does misinformation

By Tiffany Hsu / New York Times
Jan. 1, 2023
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As COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths rise in parts of the country, myths and misleading narratives continue to evolve and spread, exasperating overburdened doctors and evading content moderators. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS / DEC. 6
Shoppers walk through a reopened shopping mall after authorities started easing some of the anti-virus controls in Beijing on Dec. 6.

Chinese manufacturing weakens amid COVID-19 outbreak

By Associated Press
Dec. 31, 2022
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A monthly purchasing managers’ index declined to 47.0 from 48.0 in November, according to data released from the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday. Read more

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Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.

Time zone by time zone, another new year sweeps into view

By Associated Press
Dec. 31, 2022
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Revelers began gathering in major city centers across the Asia-Pacific region to celebrate the first new year without COVID-19 restrictions since the pandemic began in 2020. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shoppers buy fresh produces at a supermarket in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 28. China is on a bumpy road back to normal life as schools, shopping malls and restaurants fill up again following the abrupt end of some of the world’s most severe restrictions even as hospitals are swamped with feverish, wheezing COVID-19 patients.

China faces bumpy road to normal as infections surge

By Associated Press
Dec. 30, 2022

China is on a bumpy road back to normal life following the abrupt end of some of the world’s most severe COVID-19 restrictions. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Passengers carry luggage at the Barcelona airport, Spain, in July 2021. Spain is following EU neighbor Italy and other countries by requiring air passengers coming from China to have negative COVID-19 tests or proof of vaccination.

More European nations tighten COVID rules for China flights

By Associated Press
Dec. 30, 2022
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France’s government is requiring negative tests, and is urging French citizens to avoid nonessential travel to China. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Restaurant owner Li Meng ponders before an interview at the Little Yunnan restaurant in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 28. After three years of quarantines pushed them close to shutting down, Li and his wife are hoping for business to rebound after China rolled back severe anti-virus controls. But now they face a new challenge: Fear of its wave of infections is keeping diners away.

China faces bumpy road to normal as infections surge

By Associated Press
Dec. 30, 2022
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The ruling Communist Party began to drop testing, quarantine and other restrictions in November as it tries to reverse a deepening economic slump. Read more

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Travelers crowd at a departure lobby of Haneda airport in Tokyo, Thursday. Japan on Thursday reported a record 420 single-day coronavirus deaths, one day after reaching an earlier record of 425 deaths, according to the Health Ministry.

Japan tests all China arrivals for COVID as cases surge

By Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press
Dec. 30, 2022

The antigen test that was already conducted on entrants suspected of having COVID-19 is now mandatory for all people arriving from mainland China. Read more

TIM WRIGHT / SPECIAL TO THE STAR- ADVERTISER / NOV. 28
The Mauna Loa Volcano eruption turns the night sky above Hilo reddish orange.

Elections, eruptions and corruption top Hawaii stories for 2022

By Christie Wilson
Dec. 30, 2022
7 Comments

The year was capped with a ground shift of a different nature when Mauna Loa on Hawaii island erupted for the first time in 38 years, spraying lava more than 100 feet into the air and threatening to cut off a major cross-island highway. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS
An officer collects passports from residents for renewal and re-applications at a community police station in Beijing, Wednesday. Moves by the U.S., Japan and others to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and the government may not inform the rest of the world quickly enough.

Lack of info on China’s COVID-19 surge stirs global concerns

By Associated Press
Dec. 29, 2022

Given the country’s track record, the worry is that China may not be sharing data on any signs of evolving strains that could spark fresh outbreaks elsewhere. Read more

Hawaii records 1,095 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

By Radley Kanda
Dec. 28, 2022
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The state’s seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases dropped slightly to 156 compared with 158 reported on Dec. 21. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS / DEC. 13
Passengers wearing masks walk through the Capital airport terminal in Beijing on Dec. 13. On Wednesday, the U.S. announced new COVID-19 testing requirements for all travelers from China, joining other nations imposing restrictions because of a surge of infections.

U.S. will require COVID-19 testing for travelers from China

By Carla K. Johnson / Associated Press
Dec. 28, 2022
28 Comments

The increase in cases across China follows the rollback of the nation’s strict anti-virus controls. Read more

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State House Speaker Scott Saiki and state Senate president Ron Kouchi.

VIDEO: State House Speaker Scott Saiki and state Senate president Ron Kouchi join ‘Spotlight Hawaii’

By Ryan Kalei Tsuji and Yunji de Nies / Special to the Star-Advertiser
Dec. 28, 2022
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State House Speaker Scott Saiki and state Senate president Ron Kouchi joined the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s “Spotlight Hawaii” livestream show today and answered viewer questions. Read more

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Medical workers help residents get tested for the coronavirus at a temporary testing center in Hong Kong, March 14. Hong Kong will scrap some of its COVID-19 restrictions, including PCR tests for inbound travelers and vaccination requirements to enter certain venues, the city’s leader said Wednesday.

Hong Kong ends last COVID curbs in bid to revive finance hub

By Jinshan Hong / Bloomberg News
Dec. 28, 2022

There will be no cap on the number of people who can gather in public, and the vaccine pass for entry to a raft of venues will also be scrapped. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Passengers prepare to board a flight at the airport in north-central China’s Jiangxi province on Nov. 1.

China to resume issuing passports, visas as virus curbs ease

By Associated Press
Dec. 28, 2022

China says it will resume issuing passports for tourism in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three years, setting up a potential flood of Chinese going abroad for next month’s Lunar New Year holiday. Read more

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“Hawaii records 1,316 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths.’

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Hawaii records 1,316 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

EU urges pre-flight COVID-19 tests on passengers from China

Hamlin’s collapse spurs new wave of vaccine misinformation

Don’t miss out on what’s happening!

Oceanit gets federal approval for home COVID test

Beijing threatens response to ‘unacceptable’ virus measures

Why China’s economy faces a perilous road to recovery

Canada, Australia impose COVID rules on travelers from China

As COVID-19 continues to spread, so does misinformation

Chinese manufacturing weakens amid COVID-19 outbreak

Time zone by time zone, another new year sweeps into view

China faces bumpy road to normal as infections surge

More European nations tighten COVID rules for China flights

China faces bumpy road to normal as infections surge

Japan tests all China arrivals for COVID as cases surge

Elections, eruptions and corruption top Hawaii stories for 2022

Lack of info on China’s COVID-19 surge stirs global concerns

Hawaii records 1,095 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

U.S. will require COVID-19 testing for travelers from China

VIDEO: State House Speaker Scott Saiki and state Senate president Ron Kouchi join ‘Spotlight Hawaii’

Hong Kong ends last COVID curbs in bid to revive finance hub

China to resume issuing passports, visas as virus curbs ease

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