‘No Mingling’: Hawaii Revives COVID-19 Restrictions Over Fear of Delta Variant

People come to be tested for COVID-19 at a test site in a file photo. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

The state of Hawaii announced it would reintroduce restrictions on social gatherings due to the COVID-19 Delta variant.

“With COVID-19 cases going up, the State of Hawaiʻi is taking precautions now to avert a strain on our healthcare systems. To that end—I'll be signing an Executive Order that will limit social gatherings, effective immediately,” Gov. Dan Ige, a Democrat, announced Wednesday on Twitter.