Coronavirus Pandemic: On The Frontline

The owner says it’s a private business, and he has every right to refuse service to those who want to wear a mask.

“I was in a bed. I can’t move, I can’t breathe,” he recalled about the experience. “I was afraid I was going to die.”

Vaccine advisers to the FDA have voted to recommend booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine for people 65 and older and those at high risk of severe COVID.

All state facilities including public libraries are required to enforce the vaccine and test mandate, but they too are feeling the impacts of enforcement.

Oahu and Maui have been requiring vaccination cards or negative COVID tests to enter certain establishments, like bars, restaurants and gyms.

Maui's new requirement for restaurant workers to be vaccinated or test weekly is causing some employees to find work elsewhere.