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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's leaders said Tuesday limited supply is the main thing...

Updated 1/20/21, 11:58 a.m. When it comes to COVID-19 vaccines in Hawaii, demand is running far ahead of supply. That word came Tuesday from top state officials -- including Governor David Ige. "We do know that as we vaccinate more of our community members, we also will be able to begin to revive our economy and get people back to work," Ige said. "However, we are contrained by the number of vaccines that are allocarted to the state of Hawaii by the federal government." Lt. Governor Josh Green said that last week, Hawaii received nearly 59,000 doses of the vaccine. But this week that number i...

Hawaii Labs On The Lookout For More Contagious COVID-19 Variants - Honolulu Civil Beat Hawaii Labs On The Lookout For More Contagious COVID-19 Variants The mutations found in other U.S. states have not appeared yet in the islands but officials say it’s just a matter of time. Reading time: 8 minutes. New and highly infectious strains of the coronavirus have not yet been detected in Hawaii, but the director of the state’s laboratory says the lab is actively searching for clues that would indicate a new variant is circulating among the islands. One of the latest and highly infectious mutati...

Updated 1/20/21, 11:58 a.m. When it comes to COVID-19 vaccines in Hawaii, demand is running far ahead of supply. That word came Tuesday from top state

kcerizo@mauinews.com The Pfizer vaccine is administered by graduate nurse Jodi Mormon last month at Maui Memorial Medical Center. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo As Hawaii leaders discussed ramping up vaccination efforts across the state Tuesday, Maui residents continued to wonder why their only community vaccination sites have been closing down to first doses. “A lot of us want to know, if we are having our vaccine appointments canceled due to the lack of vaccine, why are the mass vaccination taking place,” Kahului senior citizen John Buck said via email Tuesday. “I feel the indi...