Governor’s Office:Hawaiʻi Expands Pre-Travel Testing Program to South KoreaGov. David Ige announced today that starting Friday, Feb.
5, travelers from South Korea may bypass mandatory 10-day quarantine if they take a COVID-19 test and receive a negative result from a trusted testing partner in South Korea.
The test must be taken no earlier than 72 hours prior to departure.In addition to the state’s program, effective January 26, 2021 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is requiring proof of a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 for all air passengers arriving from a foreign country to the United States. “The pre-travel testing program is just one layer of the state’s comprehensive Safe.