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Hawaii vaccine providers are seeing strong demand for new Omicron-fighting booster
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The state Division of Well being says it’s seeing robust demand for the COVID bivalent boosters made by Pfizer and Moderna.
A DOH spokesperson says healthcare suppliers gave out greater than 11,000 doses since they have been out there final Friday, however officers count on that quantity to be greater as a result of many doses should not reported to the state.
Retail pharmacies like CVS Longs and Walgreens, the Division of Protection and federal well being facilities can even order their very own provide of bivalent boosters.
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Organizers of pop-up vaccine clinics on the Filipino Group Heart in Waipahu say many individuals delay getting boosted, however now that the bivalent model is out they’re able to make the leap.
Greater than half of vaccinated folks in Hawaii should not boosted ― a statistic nonprofit FilCom Cares works to alter, particularly in higher-risk communities.
“It feels extra prefer it’s again to regular. And possibly that’s why they could not see that urgency to get the booster,” stated Agnes Malate, director of FilCom Cares.
Now that there’s a shot that fights Omicron variants, healthcare employees are ramping up outreach earlier than circumstances rise in the course of the holidays.
“Initially, we did have plenty of hesitancy. It was plenty of soiled seems to be on us. However, you understand, we get to speak tales. And I feel that’s one of the best half, you understand, is speaking to tales with the neighborhood after which serving to them perceive,” stated FilCom Cares mission supervisor Richalle Patague.
Upcoming journey is a giant motivator for 74-year-old Mila Beltran.
“I’ve been ready for this,” Beltran stated. “I’ll be going to be going to Las Vegas. That’s why I’ll be mingling with people who I didn’t know. May as effectively have some safety.”
She added: “I wish to be actually protected despite the fact that I’ve already 4 pictures.”
Patague, 29, was ineligible for a second booster and jumped on the likelihood to get the bivalent, particularly since she’s touring to the Philippines subsequent month.
“I’m sort of excited as a result of I simply don’t wish to be sick, you understand, being Filipino, there’s a lot already a lot superstition,” she stated.
The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention recommends everybody age 12 and older get the up to date method once they’re eligible for a booster, no matter which vaccine you began with.
It’s OK to combine and match, specialists say, so long as you get some safety.
“Will probably be with us, identical to the flu. And identical to all these different vaccines that we’ve taken, you understand, hen pox, measles for all these totally different diseases,” she stated.
The state says it ordered its full allotment from the federal authorities final week ― 27,300 of Pfizer. It’s taking orders from suppliers now for one more allotment of 24,300 of Pfizer pictures.
No further allotments of Moderna boosters can be found.
FilCom Cares will supply the Pfizer bivalent booster on the Nomi Well being Honest on Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to three p.m. For data on its future clinics throughout the state, click on right here or go to their Fb web page.
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Burglary suspect attempting to set Maui building on fire caught on camera
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Maui Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a female suspect who is wanted for burglary and arson.
On June 28 around 5:30 p.m., police said the woman broke into a building at 150 South High Street in Wailuku.
She then attempted to start a fire within the building.
Surveillance video showed the woman at the bottom of a staircase apparently trying to set it ablaze but failing after a few attempts. She ran away shortly after.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call MPD’s Criminal Investigation Division at (808)244-6425.
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Alcaraz, Sinner advance at Wimbledon but Ruud shown the door
LONDON — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and top seed Jannik Sinner took contrasting routes into the third round of Wimbledon but eighth seed Casper Ruud was unable to find a way through and felt the gloom on a cloudy Wednesday.
Alcaraz came close to dropping the first set of his contest against Australian Aleksandar Vukic but the third seed sprang to life and blew away his opponent with a 7-6(5) 6-2 6-2 victory during which he showed flashes of last year’s title-winning form.
“I’m feeling similar… Obviously, I’m getting better and better. Hopefully, if I keep winning, I’m going to find the same level as the final last year,” said Alcaraz, who downed Novak Djokovic in five sets to lift the title.
“I’m feeling that I’m playing great tennis. Physically, I’m feeling great. Hopefully I’ll keep going.”
Sinner was dragged into a fight by fellow Italian Matteo Berrettini and surrendered the third set tamely before battling to a 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 2-6 7-6(4) win shortly before the 11 p.m. curfew at the venue.
“For me a big honour to play in such an incredible venue and today I had my first match on Centre Court which is special. The support has been amazing,” Sinner said.
Daniil Medvedev began the day’s proceedings on Centre Court and looked out of sorts, even losing track of the score at one point in his clash with the 102-ranked Alexandre Muller before the fifth-seeded Russian prevailed 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-4 7-5.
Second seed Coco Gauff was also not at her best under the roof on Court One but reined in the errors to get past Romanian qualifier Anca Todoni 6-2 6-1.
The American said she needed to win more cleanly despite dropping only six games in two matches.
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In Hawaii and DC, a growing campaign seeks to restore Lahaina’s precious wetlands
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The dream of restoring a 17-acre pond in Lahaina at the original site of the Hawaiian Kingdom government is gaining ground in Washington, D.C.
Advocate and cultural preservation expert Keeaumoku Kapu, leader of Na Aikane o Maui Community Foundation and a contractor for FEMA as a cultural and history advisor, points visitors to a basement parking lot under the destroyed 505 Front St. Shopping village.
Clear water rises up the ramp to nearly street level.
Kapu says it not rain runoff or ocean water. It’s fresh water coming up from an underground stream that once fed multiple ponds in the area. “Water is making a definitely big, huge statement,” Kapu said.
Kapu says it’s time to be led by the rising water — to take a former city park along Front Street and bring back Loko o Mokuhinia, a large pond that surrounded the island of Mokuula and served as a tomb for royalty before tourism took over Lahaina.
“So there’s a lot of trauma basically came about once the island was covered on the native Hawaiian perspective of why this area was so important, Kapu said.
The restoration of Mokuula has been talked about for over 50 years, but the fire — fueled by the dry landscape — has opened eyes to a physical and cultural transformation.
Maui Wildfires Disaster
West Maui Council Member Tamara Paltin says many believe Lahaina’s emphasis on whaling and plantation history has overshadowed its important role in development of the Hawaiian Kingdom. “There’s somewhat of a little bit of a blank slate feel,” she said I think you know, when we’re talking about the historic district of Lahaina,” she said.
One of the issues that prevented restoration in the past was money.
But with the Lahaina disaster well-known around the world, there seems to be more appetite in Washington for funding things like restoration of wetlands.
Most of Hawaii’s local and national leaders have joined in support of the plan.
“It’s really essential to restore this wetlands and this culturally and ecologically significant area,” said U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii. “And if there’s a way that the federal government can help, I’m very open minded to that.”
U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda, who represents Maui, was in the historic district Wednesday. She’s proposing historic Lahaina be named a National Heritage Area, eligible for federal funds.
“I think the really, good part is a good portion of the historic areas that people are looking at are already publicly owned by either the state or the county, and so that’s a really great start. So you can already start doing some of the work,” Tokuda said.
Gov. Josh Green announced his support for restoration several months ago.
“We’re also going to, right in that area be kind of recommitting ourselves to the cultural corridor, Mokuula, and that’s a very important thing,” Green said in April.
“So we’re going to be restoring fishponds. We’re going to make sure that we listen to our cultural leaders and the healers in the community.”
Kapu said it won’t be as easy as it sounds, you can’t just remove the groundcover to release the stream.
“I hope that the governor got a bigger wand than we think he has,” he said.
Kapu sees barriers in federal wetland regulations and potential Native Hawaiian burials in the soil used to fill the pond.
He points again to the spring water rising under the destroyed shopping village.
It and the park next door were once the site of a royal inland fishpond, near where the Hawaiian Kingdom Constitution was drafted, and where restoration efforts could start.
“Lo and behold, we already have a fish pond.,” he said. “All we have to do is take the mascara off, and we have the wetlands right there.”
The owners of 505 Front St., equity real estate firm Fowler Property Acquisitions, said they would not comment on any plan for the property.
It could be the first step to a potential freshwater renaissance of culture and history that advocates say could educate generations, attract and inform visitors, protect against fire and begin to change the dry climate of West Maui.
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