  {"id":153151,"date":"2021-12-14T08:08:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T18:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=153151"},"modified":"2021-12-30T11:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:59:43","slug":"holiday-travel-consider-boosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/14\/holiday-travel-consider-boosters\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday travel, consider boosters"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/system-gnrc-airplane-wing.jpg\" alt=\"Airplane wing over the ocean\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-122932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/system-gnrc-airplane-wing.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/system-gnrc-airplane-wing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/system-gnrc-airplane-wing-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>This message was shared with the students, faculty and staff of the 10-campus University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> system on December 14, 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Aloha <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> &#699;ohana,<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations on completing the fall 2021 semester! For those traveling out of state for the holidays, please be mindful of your campus community, especially as we are set for a full return to on-campus instructions and activities in spring 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Travel is one of the main causes of surges in COVID-19 cases according to health officials, and the Omicron variant may be the most contagious yet.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone traveling is strongly encouraged to get the COVID-19 booster, as soon as possible. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiicovid19.com\/vaccine\/\">You can easily find a vaccine and booster site near you<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To show your aloha and provide kokua for your fellow <abbr>UH<\/abbr> &#699;ohana, as soon as you arrive back in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>, take a COVID-19 test and a follow up test four or five days after your arrival, even if you are fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Please practice basic COVID-19 prevention tips including wearing masks while indoors, monitoring yourself for symptoms and exposure, and staying home if you&#8217;re sick.<\/p>\n<p>If you live in student housing, be sure to follow all of your campus\u2019 travel protocols before departure and upon your return to campus.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Holidays and New Year!<br \/>\n<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Office of Communications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone traveling is strongly encouraged to get the COVID-19 booster, as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[1411,1418,61,62,63,64,65,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-153151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-announcement","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153151"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153160,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153151\/revisions\/153160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}