ADVISORY LEVELS FOR JAPAN AND

SOUTH KOREA AMID THE ONGOING

CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK. NOW... THE

C-D-C HAS COME OUT WITH ITS OWN

RECOMMENDATION... THAT U-S

RESIDENTS AVOID ALL

NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO SOUTH

KOREA.

SARA MATTISON HAS OUR CONTINUING

COVERAGE.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE

DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE THERE ARE 4

TRAVEL ADVISORY LEVELS. LEVEL

ONE MEANS EXERCISE NORMAL

PRECAUTIONS

LEVEL TWO: EXERCISE INCREASED

CAUTION

LEVEL THREE: RECONSIDER TRAVEL

AND LEVEL FOUR: DO NOT TRAVEL

IN THE WAKE OF JAPAN AND SOUTH

KOREA EXPERIENCING HUNDREDS OF

CASES OF COVID-19...THE STATE

DEPARTMENT SAYS AMERICAN

TRAVELERS TO THOSE COUNTRIES

NEED TO "EXERCISE INCREASED

CAUTION."

JOSH GREEN: LEVEL 2 MEANS IF YOU

ARE HIGHER RISK DON'T DO NON-

ESSENTIAL TRAVEL THAT MEANS YOU

WILL BE SAFER TO NOT GO

HIGH RISK GROUPS INCLUDE OLDER

ADULTS AND THOSE WITH CHRONIC

MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

THE C-D-C HAS INCREASED IT'S

TRAVEL NOTICE TO SOUTH KOREA TO

LEVEL 3 WHICH MEANS TRAVELERS

SHOULD AVOID ALL NONESSENTIAL

TRAVEL TO THAT COUNTRY.

BUT WHAT ABOUT TRAVELERS FROM

JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA COMING TO

U.S. DESTINATIONS LIKE HAWAII?

WE'RE TOLD HAWAII SEES ABOUT 700

FLIGHTS A MONTH BETWEEN THOSE

TWO COUNTRIES.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JOSH GREEN

SAYS THEY EXPECT OFFICIALS TO

PROPERLY SCREEN.

JOSH GREEN: THEY CHECK EVERYBODY

SO ANYBODY WHO HAS TOUCHED CHINA

IN THE LAST 14 DAYS THEY DON'T

WANT THEM TRAVELING

BEYOND THEIR OWN BORDERS AND

THEY ARE ASKING THEM TO SELF

QUARANTINE IN THEIR COUNTRY

A FEDERAL BAN ON CHINA TRAVELERS

HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE FEBRUARY

3RD. WE ASKED ABOUT POSSIBLE

TRAVEL

RESTRICTIONS FOR JAPAN AND SOUTH

GREEN HOPES IT DOES NOT GET THAT

FAR BUT EXPECTS TO SEE A SLOW

DOWN IN JAPAN'S ECONOMY WHICH

WOULD IMPACT HAWAII.

JOSH GREEN: SO I WOULD EXPECT

THERE WILL BE FEWER TRAVELERS NO

MATTER WHAT FROM JAPAN AND KOREA

JUST BECAUSE THEIR ECONOMIES ARE

GOING TO SLOW

JOSH GREEN: EVERY SINGLE DAY WE

RE-ASSES THIS WITH THE CDC

BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE SOME

ADVANCE NOTICE IF THERE IS GOING

TO

BE MAJOR CHANGES THAT THEY

RECOMMEND

WHILE GREEN HOPES THERE WILL BE

NO CASES IN HAWAII... OFFICIALS

DOUBT THAT WILL HAPPEN.

JOSH GREEN: THE MAIN THING IS

MITIGATING THE RISK AND ALSO

FOLLOWING EVERY POSSIBLY HIGH

RISK PERSON THAT COMES BECAUSE

IF THEY COME HERE WE DON'T WANT

THEM TO SPREAD ANYTHING

SARA MATTISON: THE STATE SAYS AT

THIS TIME THERE IS NO INDICATION

OF TRANSMISSION OF ILLNESS

WHO VISITED

HAWAII AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

COVID-19. SARA MATTISON KHON2

NEWS, WORKING FOR HAWAII.

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