News of the case traveled quickly around campus. Students and faculty members were notified via email and text. The campus-wide alert went out just after 1:40 Friday afternoon.
"They got out the email really fast like right after they found out it was positive and they said they already disinfected," said UH student Lizzie Yoshida.
"The student reported to the University Health Services Manoa on Wednesday with flu-like symptoms and the test was today confirmed by the Hawaii State Department of Health," said UH spokesman Gregg Takayama.
"It's pretty shocking I didn't think it would reach out here so quickly," added student Ryan Gapelu.
UH officials say the female student's roommates are also in isolation.
"The students has two roommates at the Hale Wainani Hall all are being tested all are being housed in separate rooms -- one of them has a sore throat," said Takayama.
Hale Wainani is composed of several buildings -- but U-H officials would not reveal which one the student lived in.
"At this point we haven't planned on releasing that because we want everyone to take the same precautions," said UH Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw. "One of the important point is the student did not travel recently.">
Other students say that's not enough information.
"I'm really concerned as a resident I do want to know what room exactly it's in," said Bernadette Deleon. "They want more information especially if you're a resident right here I want to know what's going on."
"For confidentiality reasons i understand you don't have to say who or what room it is -- but for the safety for the rest of the campus - it would be nice to know," added Angela Cho.
Students fear others have already been in contact with those students.
"People have been throwing parties because school is out -- so that's a lot of people in a small space," said Joy Chen. "If they partied or anything anyone could have got into contact with them."
UH officials say university activities will continue with no interruptions.
"There are currently no changes to university operations or campus activities and the campus is operating normally," said Takayama.
Which means final exams and graduation will go on as scheduled unless changes need to be made. U-H officials say this is not unique to Hawaii.
"Not an uncommon problem once an influenza virus is in your community as a whole you will see it in universities as in other communities," said Hinshaw.
"It's kind of like shocking on surreal to be like here," said Amanda McRoberts. "It is kind of scary because now i just want to stay in my room and study."
