Business & Tech
Hawaii Chamber Of Commerce: KITV: Study: High Vaccination Rate In Hawaii Workforce
The survey also found nearly 50-percent of businesses have requested education for workers on Coronavirus.
August 25, 2021
A new survey by the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) found many employees of local businesses are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Find out what's happening in Honolulufor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Around 800 businesses based mostly on O’ahu, took part in the questionnaire.
More than two-thirds of participants reported that more than 80-percent of their workers have been fully vaccinated.
Find out what's happening in Honolulufor free with the latest updates from Patch.
60-percent say, they either already do or likely will require unvaccinated employees to be regularly tested for the virus.
On COVID guidelines for customers, around one-third of establishments said they currently require a vaccine passport or a negative test.
“We believe we will see some momentum in more businesses if the case counts continue to stay where so it is or increase so that’s why we’re so focused on increasing vaccinations overall,” said Sherry Menor-Mcnamara of the Chamber of Commerce Hawai’i.
The survey also found nearly 50-percent of businesses have requested education for workers on COVID-19.
This press release was produced by the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.