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Hawai'i First Lady Dawn Ige left, along with Congressman Ed Case, welcomes U.S. First Lady Jill Biden standing next to Gov. David Ige. Photo from the governor's office |
FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN URGED HAWAI'I RESIDENTS TO BE VACCINATED for COVID-19. She made the plea at a talk at to a high school on O'ahu.
“I want to say thank you for all that you did last year — and it was difficult,” said the First Lady. “There were times when you probably wondered if you were going to really make it through all the chaos, but you did what educators did what educators do best: You made something out of nothing. you persevered and you supported your students.”
She said that “Hawai'i has done a fantastic job getting shots in arms, but we’re not done yet. There’s still far too many people who aren’t vaccinated.
"Help us move past this virus once and for all. I’m here to ask everyone listening right now, to choose to get vaccinated,” Biden said. About 60 precent of residents 12 years and older have been vaccinated statewide, with a lower rate on this island.
On her journey from Tokyo Olympics back to Washington, D.C., Biden stopped in Hawai'i Saturday and spent the night. She picnicked with military families at Joint Bases Pearl Harbor - Hickham on Sunday. “Hawai'i, your lives and your health matter to the president and to me. And this last push just seems the hardest of all.”
NA`ALEHU ELEMENTARY, KA`U HIGH & PAHALA ELEMENTARY WILL OFFER DISTANCE LEARNING as well as on-campus education when public schools open in the first week of August. Deputy Superintendent Phyllis Unebasami said, “Welcoming back our students to our campuses is the priority for all schools. We look forward to engaging students through in-person learning paired with programs and services of high interest, including after-school programs, athletics, clubs and other extracurricular activities. We continue to work closely with the state Department of Health to ensure we have clear guidance and COVID-related data to inform decision-making for our schools."
On her journey from Tokyo Olympics back to Washington, D.C., Biden stopped in Hawai'i Saturday and spent the night. She picnicked with military families at Joint Bases Pearl Harbor - Hickham on Sunday. “Hawai'i, your lives and your health matter to the president and to me. And this last push just seems the hardest of all.”
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THIRTY-FIVE NEW COVID CASES PER DAY are being registered on Hawai'i Island, and the positivity rate has jumped to 6.5 percent of those tested for COVID testing positive. according to statistics released at the end of the week. State Department of Health recorded 276 new cases on Sunday, 16 more than Saturday, with two additional deaths. While Ka`u and Volcano show ten or fewer new case the last two weeks, per day, Hilo reports 87, Kona 67, Kohala 57 Puna 27 and the makai area of Puna 21.
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NA`ALEHU ELEMENTARY, KA`U HIGH & PAHALA ELEMENTARY WILL OFFER DISTANCE LEARNING as well as on-campus education when public schools open in the first week of August. Deputy Superintendent Phyllis Unebasami said, “Welcoming back our students to our campuses is the priority for all schools. We look forward to engaging students through in-person learning paired with programs and services of high interest, including after-school programs, athletics, clubs and other extracurricular activities. We continue to work closely with the state Department of Health to ensure we have clear guidance and COVID-related data to inform decision-making for our schools."To read comments, add your own, and like this story, see www.facebook.com/kaucalendar/. See latest print edition at kaucalendar.com.