The 14-day mandatory quarantine for Hawaii interisland travelers will be lifted June 16, Gov. David Ige announced in a June 1 press conference at Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
The mandatory two-week quarantine for all arrivals from out of state will remain in effect into July, the governor declared earlier.
"This is, first and foremost, for Hawaii residents -- it's the opportunity for our families to reconnect with one another, to be reunited," Ige said.
As part of the state's efforts to arrest the spread of Covid-19, the quarantine for out-of-state arrivals went into effect March 26, and the interisland quarantine order took effect April 1.
While the interisland quarantine is ending, travelers flying between the islands will have to undergo thermal screening and fill out forms that will aid in contact tracing.
Officials warned that as interisland travel resumes and businesses gradually reopen, there are likely to be more cases of Covid-19.
Ige said plans to lift the quarantine for out-of-state arrivals are being developed.
"We are definitely focused on the next steps, making plans and having discussions about out-of-state travel and transpacific travel," he said. "But we want to be mindful of the notion that other communities have reopened their economies too quickly and have seen second spikes and increasing outbreaks."
Ige added that reopening interisland travel will enable the state to refine systems before reopening to transpacific travel.