(AP) — Hawaiʻi will lift the nation’s last statewide indoor mask mandate by March 26. Washington state’s mask mandate ends this week. Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige says COVID-19 rates in Hawaiʻi are dropping and he expects the trend to continue in the coming weeks. He says Hawaiʻi’s culture of kindness toward others helped Hawaiʻi residents tolerate mandatory masks since April 2020. March 26 is also when travelers arriving in the islands will no longer have to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to avoid quarantining.

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