Hawai‘i COVID-19 Update

Cases of COVID-19 began to spike on the island of Oahu at about the time of the last newscast, and Hawai‘i island itself quickly followed. Most of the recent cases have been in the Hilo area, and this has caused us to review our operations. Gemini North has continued nighttime operations and is now well into Semester 2020B without a pause so far. At the time of this writing, our night crew (of two people) are working in different wings of the Hilo Base Facility. In support of nighttime operations, we temporarily reduced our presence on the summit to two technicians daily and are reviewing the situation on a weekly basis.