COVID-19 HAWAI`I STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
HOME ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE GUIDANCE 5-DAY ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE
ISOLATION
• You must isolate if you tested positive for COVID-19 or if you have symptoms and have been unable to test. This is true whether you are vaccinated or not.
• Stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home.  Day 1 is the first full day after your symptoms developed or your test specimen was collected.
• Wear a well‐fitted mask if you must be around others in your home.
• Monitor your symptoms. If you have a medical emergency, call 911 and say you have COVID‐ 19
• Let your close contacts, employer, and/or school know that you tested positive.

You may end isolation after ALL of the following are true:
• It has been at least 5 full days since your symptoms started (or since your test date, if you had no symptoms).
• You have had no fever for 24 hours, without taking fever‐reducing medications • Your symptoms are improving
If you have a fever or are not yet improving, remain in isolation until all of the above are true.

Take precautions until day 10
• Wear a well‐fitted mask for 10 full days any time you are around others inside your home or in public. Do not go to places where you are unable to wear a mask.
• Avoid travel
• Avoid being around people who are at high risk

QUARANTINE    
You must quarantine if you have been within 6 feet of a person with COVID‐19 for 15 minutes or more over a 24‐hour period (regardless of mask use) UNLESS (1) of the following is true:
• you are up to date on COVID‐19 vaccinations, OR  
•  you have recovered from COVID‐19 within the last 90 days (confirmed positive using a viral test)

• You are up to date with your vaccines if you have received all recommended COVID‐19 vaccines and boosters for your age group.
• Stay home and quarantine for at least 5 full days. Day 1 is the first full day after your last contact with a person who has had COVID‐19.
• Wear a well‐fitted mask if you must be around others in your home.

Get tested if possible
Even if you don’t develop symptoms, get tested at least 5 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID‐19.

You may end quarantine after ALL of the following are true:
• It has been at least 5 full days since the last contact with the person with COVID‐19
• You have had no symptoms
• If you tested, your test was negative

If you have ongoing close contact with a person with COVID‐19 (e.g. a parent caring for a child) you must stay home in quarantine for 5 days after the person with COVID‐19 is released from isolation.

If you develop symptoms
Begin isolation immediately and get tested if possible. Continue to stay home until you know the results. Wear a well‐fitted mask around others.
• Take precautions until day 10
• Wear a well‐fitted mask for 10 full days any time you are around others inside your home or in public. Do not go to places where you are unable to wear a mask.
• Avoid travel
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​COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium, Rental, Mortgage, Utility Assistance Resources
On Thursday, September 17, 2020 we aired our roundtable discussion on AKAKU. It was filled with information about resources available to those financially impacted due to the pandemic.

Learn about the resources available, first hand from the program administrators and how to secure their assistance. “People please apply if you lost your jobs or clients due to the COVID19 pandemic. 

Mahalo to Judge Joseph Cardoza and Fidelity National Title & Escrow of Hawaii
Dial 2-1-1 Aloha United Way, for COVID-19 information

Maui United Way
(808) 244-8787 
www.mauiunitedway.org 

State CARES ACT: Rental, Mortgage Assistance, March 1 to December 2020
Native Hawaiian Assistance:
COVID-19 County of Maui funding assistance in general:
To set up a payment plan for unpaid utility
Other Housing Assistance:
Legal and mediation, no cost if eligible:
  • Maui Legal Aid Society of Hawaii – Intake phone: 1 800 439-4302, 9 am – 11:30 am and 1 pm – 3:30 pm
  • The Mediation Services 808 244-5744 www.MauiMediation.org