Minister of Health Kim Wilson urged people to “exercise caution over the Halloween weekend” asking people to please not attend Halloween parties with “unmasked, large gatherings where you cannot maintain more than 6 feet apart” to “not engage in traditional trick-or-treating where treats are handed to children who go door to door.”
In releasing the most recent Covid test results, Minister of Health Kim Wilson said, “Please exercise caution over the Halloween weekend. Do not host or attend Halloween parties with unmasked, large gatherings where you cannot maintain more than 6 feet apart.
“Do not engage in traditional trick-or-treating where treats are handed to children who go door to door or attend crowded costume parties held indoors.
“Avoid going to an indoor haunted house where people may be crowded together and screaming and don’t participate in hayrides or tractor rides with people who are not in your household.”
“There are low-risk activities to enjoy Halloween safely. These include:
- Carving or decorating pumpkins with members of your household
- Decorating your house
- A virtual Halloween costume contest
- A Halloween movie night with people you live with
- A trick-or-treat hunt [think Easter Eggs] with your household members in/around your own home
“Moderate-risk Halloween activities include: [Only if you can do it safely]
- One-way trick-or-treating where individually-wrapped goodie bags are lined up for families to grab and go [such as at the end of a driveway]. *Wash your hands before preparing goodie bags
- A small outdoor costume parade where people are distanced more than 6 feet apart
- Visiting pumpkin patches where the use of hand sanitiser, mask-wearing and physical distancing is enforced
- Having an outdoor Halloween movie night with local family friends with people spaced at least 6 feet apart.
