Home » COVID-19, COVID-19 News Releases, Latest News, Newsroom » OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR – NEWS RELEASE: Hawaiʻi expands pre-travel testing program to Korea OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR – NEWS RELEASE: Hawaiʻi expands pre-travel testing program to Korea Posted on Jan 27, 2021 in COVID-19, COVID-19 News Releases, Latest News, Newsroom State announces four trusted testing partners in Korea HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige announced today that starting Friday, Feb. 5, travelers from Korea may bypass the State of Hawaiʻi’s mandatory 10-day quarantine if they take a COVID-19 test from a trusted testing partner in Korea. The test must be taken no earlier than 72 hours prior to departure and the test result must be negative.