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Plexiglas barriers in the House Chamber
Plexiglas has been installed to ensure the safety of faipule during sessions and committee hearings. While the Plexiglas does enable social distancing, it seems to have encouraged wearing facial masks as optional, with some faipule seen wearing masks improperly (below the nose and below the chin),...
Some faipule wearing masks others not
Faipule, some with masks —  some without, during the House Session Wednesday morning. Wearing masks in government buildings was made mandatory by order of the governor this week, since the first repatriation flight arrived in the territory. [photo by AF]
Faipule with and without face masks
Speaker of the House Savali Talavou Ale with his facemask after the House Session yesterday morning. He advised representatives to lead by example and follow the Governor’s declaration for COVID-19 by wearing face masks, not only in the House Chamber but everywhere they go in public places. Some...
Julianna, 3, and Dylan, 5, visit with Santa through a transparent barrier
NEW YORK (AP) — Santa Claus is coming to the mall — just don’t try to sit on his lap. Despite the pandemic — and the fact that Santa’s age and weight put him at high risk for severe illness from the coronavirus — mall owners are going ahead with plans to bring him back this year. But they are doing...
LBJ Hospital dietary staff wearing face masks
Dietary staff at LBJ Medical Center — seen in this LBJ photo shows the hospital’s Dietary staff wearing protective face masks last Friday, as LBJ along with other health care providers across the globe joined the World Mask Week (Aug. 7-14), the global movement to inspire more people to wear face...
Hawaiian Air employees unload HAL plane bringing masks to Hawaii.
Honolulu, HAWAII — More than 50 Hawaiian Airlines and Every1ne Hawai‘i representatives on Tuesday welcomed home the carrier’s charter flight bringing 1.6 million face masks from China to Hawai‘i to help protect the state’s residents from COVID-19. Eight Hawaiian Airlines crew members departed...