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In the headlines: ► Georgia has become the fifth state to report a case of the more contagious virus strain first identified in the United Kingdom, joining Colorado, California, Florida and New York. The state's Department of Health said the case was found in an 18-year-old man with no travel history. He is isolating at home.  ► The European Union’s medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, clearing the way for a final approval from the EU’s executive commission. The EU has ordered 80 million doses of the Moderna vaccine with an option for a fu...

Staff Writers kcerizo@mauinews.com, cuechi@mauinews.com A dose of vaccine is prepared during an inoculation drive in December. Lt. Gov. Josh Green and other officials said Tuesday that the state will be ramping up vaccination efforts as more doses arrive across the islands. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos A county employee in the Office of the Mayor has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation at home, the county announced Tuesday afternoon. The employee is asymptomatic and last worked in the Kalana O Maui county building Thursday, according to a news release. The mayor’s off...

PSD says it is proud of and grateful to the staff who have stepped up to help Halawa. 

The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) continues to test COVID-19 specimens looking for new strains that may be  more cont