HONOLULU — Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said Monday he would restrict indoor gatherings to 10 people and outdoor gatherings to 25 in an effort to control COVID-19 as the highly contagious delta variant spreads in the community.
HONOLULU — Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said Monday he would restrict indoor gatherings to 10 people and outdoor gatherings to 25 in an effort to control COVID-19 as the highly contagious delta variant spreads in the community.
Blangiardi said the rules would affect weddings and other events and take effect on Wednesday.
He’s also urging people to get vaccinated.
Hiro Toiya, the city’s emergency management director, cited a mathematical modeling tool from the Georgia Institute of Technology to illustrate risks the community faced from large gatherings.
The modeling shows there is a 20% chance that someone in a group of 10 will have the disease given the number of COVID-19 cases on Oahu now. But in a group of 100, there’s a 90% chance someone will have it.
“So when you’re looking at how transmissible delta is, we really got to control these large gatherings,” Toiya said at a news conference. “The status quo is not working, and it’s not acceptable.”
Multiple Oahu hospitals have filled their regular beds as COVID-19 cases pour into emergency rooms. The city set up a 25-cot tent outside The Queen’s Medical Center – West Oahu on Friday to help handle the influx.
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