COVID-19 testing/Quarantine [ multiple threads merged ]

[jjking42]

we did the test at Walgreens in Reno Thursday afternoon and had our result back in 2 hours. Just loaded our info into Safe traves webste and got out QR code back this morning. We take off for Maui tomorrow from SJC.

 

[californiagirl]

Just returned from getting tested at Walgreens. Very quick and easy. Now waiting for the results. The guy said we should have results within 24 hours. We are SO ready to go to Mau!

 

[californiagirl]

We are negative!!! Holy cow we got our results less than an hour from getting the test. Covid numbers have plummeted in our area so they are testing a fraction of the number of people compared with the peak. Hawaii here we come!

 

[rthib]

Just returned. Three Islands and traveling with someone who recovered from Covid.
Negative test to Hawaii, then he threw an inconclusive in Maui.
Lab didn't seem to know what to do.
Luckily on a Sunday, filed for Covid Recovered exemption and got it back in less than an hour.
DOH called Monday and asked for same docs to take off the watch list.

If you are Covid Recovered and Have a Positive NAAT test and Letter from Doctor you can apply for exemption
See AG page for all the details: https://ag.hawaii.gov/travelexemption/
The form is somewhat confusing, when it asks reason for exemption just put Covid Recovered
They will send you back an email approval it has a exemption code you put on the travel form you fill out (And if you are wondering what that exemption code field on the travel hawaii site is for). Enter code and press Verify button. It is only good for the date and trip you specify so you will have to fill out an exemption for each flight.

We applied again to go Maui to Kauai and got turned down first time for exemption (filled out some fields wrong I think)
Applied again but also did test since we didn't get response. Test was negative then hour later got back exemption form approved.
Used Negative test since that was easier.

 

[HudsHut]

I wanted to report back that CityHealth Urgent Care in Dublin was awesome. They billed insurance. Charged us $20 "admin fee". We received results in just under 24 hours!! Yippee

 

[pspercy]

CDC Guidance changes again:
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/coron...hin-us-without-tests-quarantines-cdc/2420051/

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance to say fully vaccinated people can travel within the U.S. without getting tested for the coronavirus or going into quarantine afterward. "

Hawaii is within the US, so . . .

 

[NTP66]

That's just guidance, though. Hawaii can still require negative tests to avoid the mandatory quarantine, and I wouldn't expect them to change that stance unless they get that passport program off the group for those who can prove that they've been vaccinated.

 

[tborr123]

Anyone know if Medicare covers rapid tests for travel to Hawaii? TIA.

 

[magmue]

Anyone know if Medicare covers rapid tests for travel to Hawaii?

Per this Q&A with a similar scenario, it would appear that it does.

 

[Denise L]

Maui is going to require a second mandatory rapid test upon arrival. The mayor says that they want to find out what the traveler positive test rate is. It will take them at least 10 days (he says) to get it up and running.

BREAKING: Maui to Implement Mandatory Secondary Test Upon Arrival for Trans-Pacific Flights | Maui Now

Proposed changes have been approved by the governor for the state’s Safe Travels program in Maui County. Trans-Pacific travelers arriving at Kahului Airport will soon be required to undergo a mandatory secondary COVID-19 rapid test upon arrival, or face a mandatory 10-day quarantine. Mayor...

mauinow.com

 

[NTP66]

Not a fan, but if it's not something I'm going to have to pay for, I don't care. Whatever it takes to get me on my way on vacation.

 

[Denise L]

This is a better article about the mandatory second test on Maui:

Maui County to require second, post-arrival COVID-19 test

Maui County will soon require a second COVID-19 test upon arrival in hopes of learning how many traveling residents and visitors are contributing to cases on Maui. Trans-Pacific travelers participating in the Safe Travels program — which allows travelers to bypass quarantine with a negative test...

www.mauinews.com

 

[BJRSanDiego]

I think that the standard tests are pretty accurate BUT they aren't necessary 100% accurate. There may be some false negatives and some false positives. It is my opinion that the Rapid tests (the ones that may only take a few minutes) have a higher false rate. So, there may be people arriving who are covid free who show up with the Rapid test as a false positive. So, I wonder what the protocol for that might be? That is, are they put on the next plane back to the mainland, given a second Rapid test or given a standard PCR test and quarantined until the results are available.

In some respect, doing a standard PCR test (72 hours before departure) followed by a Rapid test upon arrival may reveal more about the false positive accuracy of the Rapid test than reveal the percent of infected people arriving.

 

[10spro]

Maui is going to require a second mandatory rapid test upon arrival. The mayor says that they want to find out what the traveler positive test rate is. It will take them at least 10 days (he says) to get it up and running.

BREAKING: Maui to Implement Mandatory Secondary Test Upon Arrival for Trans-Pacific Flights | Maui Now

Proposed changes have been approved by the governor for the state’s Safe Travels program in Maui County. Trans-Pacific travelers arriving at Kahului Airport will soon be required to undergo a mandatory secondary COVID-19 rapid test upon arrival, or face a mandatory 10-day quarantine. Mayor...

mauinow.com

It's tough to know the right thing. We are vaccinated, scheduled for our pre-travel test, and now have to do a 2nd test when we get there. We got stuck for 2+ hours in that line at the airport back in December, just to show the guy our negative result that was already in SafeTravels and get the green paper. I can't imagine how long the line will be now, having to show results of the first test, wait in another line to get the second test, wait in another line to get that result...all the while my luggage is going around the carousel unsupervised. I'm going online now to see what other flights get there earlier in the morning, hoping to beat the crowds.

 

[rgong]

Headed to the Big Island in mid-May! Sorry if this has already been answered, but is the Walgreens "ID Now" Rapid test considered a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) that is accepted by Hawaii? And what is the cost of this test for travel? Also, has anyone flown to the Big Island recently (from the mainland), and how bad is the wait at the airport after deplaning for pre-test verification and any additional post-arrival testing?

 

[Henry M.]

The Walgreens ID NOW test is accepted in Hawaii. My neighbor and niece used them this past February when they visited us while we were there. Walgreens is a trusted partner. I don't know the cost.