other pacific islanders
HONOLULU -- A few months into the pandemic, data showed Pacific Islanders suffered the highest infection rates in Hawaii.
But what early numbers didn’t publicly show was which Pacific Islanders in the diverse identification category — which includes people with ethnic roots in Samoa, Micronesia and...

![n this photo provided by Bryden Kaauwai, Dr. Kapono Chong-Hanssen administers COVID-19 vaccines, Saturday, July 10, 2020, in Kekaha, Hawaii. Chong-Hanssen supports a resolution introduced by a member of the Honolulu City Council urging Hawaii government agencies to go beyond minimum federal standards and get more specific when collecting racial data in one of the most racially diverse state in the nation. Chong-Hanssen said the pandemic underscores the need for data that doesn't lump together Pacific Islanders. [Bryden Kaauwai via AP] Dr. Kapono Chong-Hanssen administers COVID-19 vaccines](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pacific_islanders_web.jpg?itok=8NNB05Ez)