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Pressure mounts on Hawaii to test more travelers for COVID-19 amid surge

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HONOLULU - Hawaii officials are facing pressure to increase COVID-19 testing for travelers as the islands deal with a record surge of new infections, hospitalization and deaths.

The calls come as federal guidelines change to require negative virus tests from both vaccinated and unvaccinated people coming to the U.S.Despite evidence that more COVID-19 testing would help reduce the spread of disease, especially in an isolated destination like Hawaii, state leaders have resisted the implementation of a two-test policy for arriving travelers.Earlier this summer, the state removed all testing requirements for vaccinated people.RELATED: US COVID-19 deaths average more than 1,900 a day for 1st time since MarchAnd even with a single pre-flight test.

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