INVESTIGATING.
JOE:
BY FAR THE LARGEST COVID TESTING
SITE ON OAHU OPENED TODAY ON THE
H-3 FREEWAY...
DESPITE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
REJECTING THE STATE'S REQUEST TO
CLOSE THE FREEWAY.
STATE TRANSPORATION OFFICIALS
SAY THEY RECEIVED A LETTER THIS
MORNING... STILL THE
TO DO IT AGAIN ON THURSDAY.
SARA MATTISON FOLLOWS UP.
SARA MATTISON: ED SNIFFEN FROM
THE STATE TRANSPORTATION
MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE TESTING FOR
COVID-19 WAS
MORE IMPORTANT BUT THERE COULD
BE CONSEQUENCES AHEAD
ED SNIFFEN: WE'VE BEEN PLANNING
THIS OPERATION FOR OVER A WEEK
AND THIS IS THE ONLY SITE ON THE
ISLAND THAT WE HAVE FOR TESTING
TODAY THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTING ARE WAY
TOO BIG FOR US TO STOP MOVING
FORWARD ON RIGHT NOW
SNIFFEN SAYS THE LETTER LISTED
NON-TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES.
LIKE THE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC,
SAFETY, AND OPERATIONS FROM THE
MARINE CORPS BASE IN KANEOHE.
ED SNIFFEN: SO I GOT TO GIVE
THEM MORE INFORMATION TO LET
THEM KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING FROM
A PROTOCOL PERSPECTIVE FROM A
RESEARCHING PERSPECTIVE AND
TRAFFIC MONITORING PERSPECTIVE
HERE
SNIFFEN PLANS TO ADDRESS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S CONCERNS
WHILE CONTINUING TO TEST AND IS
URGING PEOPLE TO
PRE-REGISTER FOR THURSDAY.
ED SNIFFEN: THE POTENTIAL
CONSQUENCES COULD BE THEY COULD
GET ABOUT 180 MILLION DOLLARS
STATE OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE H3
IS A SAFE TESTING SITE AND EVEN
BEEFED UP MANPOWER TO MANAGER
OPERATIONS.
SARA MATTISON KHON2 NEWS WORKING
FOR HAWAII.
JOE:
FOUR MORE HAWAII RESIDENTS HAVE
DIED FROM COVID-19...BRINGING
THE STATE'S DEATH TOLL
TO 74.
THE PEOPLE WHO DIED WERE 2 MEN
