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Molokai General Hospital began its first community clinic for COVID-19 vaccinations this week and has already offered shots to those in a tier ahead of the statewide curve.
“Late this morning we moved to include 1c, which includes people ages 65 and over,” said Jan Kalanihuia, president of Molokai General Hospital, in an email Friday afternoon.
The state Department of Health reports on its website that the state is in the Phase 1b stage of vaccine distribution, which is for essential workers and adults 75 years or older.
Since the clinic began Thursday, Molokai General has administered 410 shots, many to kupuna, Kalanihuia said. The clinic started out with Phase 1a, which includes health care personnel, and Phase 1b.
Woman killed in Christmas Eve crash on Kauai identified Wilcox Memorial Hospital (File Image) (Source: HNN File) By HNN Staff | December 28, 2020 at 3:34 PM HST - Updated December 28 at 4:13 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The woman killed in a Christmas Eve crash on Kauai has been identified.
Police named her as 49-year-old Eugenia Villanueva of Hanamaulu.
KPD says she was killed Thursday afternoon in an area known as Knudsen Gap, east of the Maluhia Road junction.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2011 Toyota Tacoma driven by a 31-year-old Lawai man was heading west when he veered into the shoulder lane.
The driver then drifted back into the westbound lane moments before crossing over the center line. Thatâs when he hit an oncoming 2018 Nissan sedan, being driven by a 19-year-old man.
December 21, 2020 at 1:06 pm
Today, the State Department of Health confirmed 134 new cases of COVID-19 in the state, bringing the total number to 20,351.
The Big Island has 13 new cases, bringing the island’s total to 1,803. The island has had 50 deaths from COVID-19 out of the state’s 282 total deaths attributed to COVID-19.
There are now two FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines, one by Pfizer/BioNTech and one by Moderna. The State is receiving both, and has a priority list for how vaccines will be distributed. Both Kona Community Hospital and Hilo Medical Center are receiving vaccines today–Kona Hospital has already received vaccines. The first priority is health care workers. Dr. Jill Hoggard Green, CEO of Queen’s Medical Center on O’ahu, said today during the House Committee on COVID-19 that Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital will receive part of the Kona Hospital shipment and plans to begin vaccinating health care workers tomorrow.
On âmomentousâ day, stateâs first COVID-19 vaccines administered to local healthcare workers
Stateâs first COVID-19 vaccines administered to local healthcare workers By Allyson Blair | December 15, 2020 at 11:06 AM HST - Updated December 16 at 6:34 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A doctor whoâs witnessed firsthand the pain COVID-19 has inflicted on hundreds of Hawaii families was given a dose of hope Tuesday: the first coronavirus vaccine administered in the state.
Dr. Lester Morehead works in the COVID unit at the Queenâs Medical Center. He volunteered to get the shot. He was asked afterwards how he felt.
âIâm honored,â said Morehead. âI want others to get it. My biggest fear is people wonât get the vaccine.â
MIKE REMBIS â Vaccine on its way. Zoom screenshots
The University of Hawaii-Maui College has donated a freezer large enough to house thousands of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is expected to arrive on island by the end of the week, Maui Health CEO Mike Rembis said Monday night.
“The vaccine is on its way,” Rembis said during a Zoom presentation hosted by the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center. “I want to give a thank-you to the University of Hawaii-Maui College. They had a huge ultra-low freezer, which they were not using, which they loaned to us, so we can store literally thousands of vaccines below 70 to 80 degrees, and we have the capacity, potentially, for the entire island.”