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In a stark proclamation, Derek SK Kawakami, the mayor of Kauai county in Hawaii, made an extraordinary announcement on Wednesday. Beginning Friday night at 9pm – until 5am daily – a mandatory curfew would be imposed on the tropical island of 72,000 residents in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus and reduce pressure on emergency and medical infrastructure.
Requesting that off-island visitors refrain from traveling to the island for recreational purposes until further notice, the mayor declared, “Kauai is on vacation” (from tourism).
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