State Reopening Strategy for Businesses & Operations
ACT WITH CARE(Minor Disruption)
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Stay at Home
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Safer at Home
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Act with Care
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Recovery
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New Normal
(No Disruption)
The “Stay at Home” impact level means that COVID-19 cases are surging or increasing, and we risk insufficient testing, hospital, and/or contact tracing capacity.
Our Shared Responsibility under the Current Impact Level:
Safe Practices
Under all impact levels, follow the recommended Safe Practices: wash, mask and distance.
Stay at Home
Under the Stay at Home impact level, stay at home, except for essential activities.
Gatherings
Under all impact levels, adjust gathering size in accordance with health guidance.
- Impact level and impacts to daily life vary by county. Check your county’s emergency information for details.
- At each impact level, residents are encouraged to follow health guidance with regard to Safe Practices and gathering size.
- At increased risk populations are currently defined by CDC as: persons 65 years of age and older; people of all ages with underlying medical conditions (particularly not well controlled), including people with chronic lung disease or moderate to severe asthma, people who have serious heart conditions, people who are immunocompromised, people with severe obesity, people with diabetes, people with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis, and people with liver disease; people who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility.
The “Safer at Home” impact level indicates that new COVID-19 cases may occur through controlled community spread, with stressed capacity utilization for testing, hospitals, and/or contact tracing.
Our Shared Responsibility under the Current Impact Level:
Safe Practices
Under all impact levels, follow the recommended Safe Practices: wash, mask and distance.
Stay at Home
Under the Safer at Home impact level, at increased risk populations and kūpuna recommended to stay at home.
Gatherings
Under all impact levels, adjust gathering size in accordance with health guidance.
- Impact level and impacts to daily life vary by county. Check your county’s emergency information for details.
- At each impact level, residents are encouraged to follow health guidance with regard to Safe Practices and gathering size.
- At increased risk populations are currently defined by CDC as: persons 65 years of age and older; people of all ages with underlying medical conditions (particularly not well controlled), including people with chronic lung disease or moderate to severe asthma, people who have serious heart conditions, people who are immunocompromised, people with severe obesity, people with diabetes, people with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis, and people with liver disease; people who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility.
The “Act with Care” impact level anticipates some new COVID-19 cases, which are manageable, along with improved capacity utilization for testing, hospitals, and/or contact tracing.
Our Shared Responsibility under the Current Impact Level:
Safe Practices
Under all impact levels, follow the recommended Safe Practices: wash, mask and distance.
Stay at Home
Under the Act with Care impact level, at increased risk populations and kūpuna recommended to stay at home.
Gatherings
Under all impact levels, adjust gathering size in accordance with health guidance.
- Impact level and impacts to daily life vary by county. Check your county’s emergency information for details.
- At each impact level, residents are encouraged to follow health guidance with regard to Safe Practices and gathering size.
- At increased risk populations are currently defined by CDC as: persons 65 years of age and older; people of all ages with underlying medical conditions (particularly not well controlled), including people with chronic lung disease or moderate to severe asthma, people who have serious heart conditions, people who are immunocompromised, people with severe obesity, people with diabetes, people with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis, and people with liver disease; people who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility.
The “Recovery” impact level occurs when new COVID-19 cases indicate sporadic activity and optimized capacity utilization for testing, hospitals, and/or contact tracing.
Our Shared Responsibility under the Current Impact Level:
Safe Practices
Under all impact levels, follow the recommended Safe Practices: wash, mask and distance.
Stay at Home
Under the Recovery impact level, at increased risk populations and kūpuna recommended to stay at home.
Gatherings
Under all impact levels, adjust gathering size in accordance with health guidance.
- Impact level and impacts to daily life vary by county. Check your county’s emergency information for details.
- At each impact level, residents are encouraged to follow health guidance with regard to Safe Practices and gathering size.
- At increased risk populations are currently defined by CDC as: persons 65 years of age and older; people of all ages with underlying medical conditions (particularly not well controlled), including people with chronic lung disease or moderate to severe asthma, people who have serious heart conditions, people who are immunocompromised, people with severe obesity, people with diabetes, people with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis, and people with liver disease; people who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility.
The “New Normal” impact level means that we have adjusted to living with COVID-19 through a potential combination of effective treatments and containment methods, natural “herd immunity,” and/or vaccines.
Our Shared Responsibility under the Current Impact Level:
Safe Practices
Under all impact levels, follow the recommended Safe Practices: wash, mask and distance.
Stay at Home
Under the New Normal impact level, at increased risk populations and kūpuna exercise caution when in public.
Gatherings
Under all impact levels, adjust gathering size in accordance with health guidance.
- Impact level and impacts to daily life vary by county. Check your county’s emergency information for details.
- At each impact level, residents are encouraged to follow health guidance with regard to Safe Practices and gathering size.
- At increased risk populations are currently defined by CDC as: persons 65 years of age and older; people of all ages with underlying medical conditions (particularly not well controlled), including people with chronic lung disease or moderate to severe asthma, people who have serious heart conditions, people who are immunocompromised, people with severe obesity, people with diabetes, people with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis, and people with liver disease; people who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility.
Reopening & Recovery Documentation
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Presentation
Beyond Recovery: Reopening Hawaiʻi
Gov. Ige’s presentation regarding a strategy to reopen and reshape Hawaii’s economy
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Detailed Strategy
Beyond Recovery: Reopening Hawaiʻi Strategy Document
Detailed strategy to reopen and reshape Hawaii’s economy
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Memo
Beyond Recovery – Roadmap for a Stronger Hawaiʻi
Initial roadmap to Hawaii’s recovery and resilience strategy
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Proclamation
Eighteenth Supplemental Emergency Proclamation
State Agencies and Departments
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State Agency
Department of Health
See the latest health information related to COVID-19
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State Agency
Department of Human Services
Find more resources related to social services
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State Agency
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
For FAQs about unemployment insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic
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State Agency
FEMA Public Assistance Program via HI-EMA
For more information about Hawaii’s emergency response to COVID-19
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State Agency
Hawaiʻi Dept. of Business, Economic Development, & Tourism
For COVID-19 research and Economic Analysis
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State Agency
Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation
For FAQ about travel and airports
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State Agency
Hawaiʻi Department of Taxation
For FAQ about taxes and IRS impact payments
Future of Hawaiʻi
COVID-19 is changing how our kamaʻāina live and work in Hawaiʻi.
To address the economic and community impacts of COVID-19, Governor David Ige issued a proclamation on April 8, 2020 to establish a Hawaiʻi Economic & Community Navigator to coordinate, direct, and implement a statewide economic and community recovery and resilience plan.
The roadmap to Hawaiʻi’s recovery and resilience is comprised of four phases that represent the pathway to stabilizing, reopening, and, ultimately, recovering to a stronger and more resilient outcome.
