Halloween Health & Safety Tips

This year the Walden Park Homeowner Association will not host a Harvest Fest event in light of COVID-19 concerns and precautions. However below is information given from the CDC, www.cdc.gov, to help you, your family, and friends have fun in safe ways during this time of the year.

In order to be considerate of fellow neighbors, the Association recommends that residents do trick-or-treating in the Community between 6 – 8:30 pm.

GUIDELINES FOR TRICK-OR-TREATING

For Trick-or-Treaters

• A costume mask does not replace a cloth mask.
• Make your cloth mask part of your costume.
• Consider wearing a Halloween-themed face covering. Halloween masks do not protect against COVID-19.
• Do NOT wear a costume mask over a cloth mask. It can make breathing more difficult.
• Masks should NOT be worn by children younger than the age of 2 or anyone who has trouble breathing.
• Indoors and outdoors, you are more likely to get or spread COVID-19 when you are in close contact with others for a long time.

Trick-or-treating

Trick-or-treating is mostly done outside. It is a much better option than an indoor gathering.

• Stay at least 6 feet away from others.
• Wait to go up to a door if there is already a group there.
• Don’t stay at any one house for more than a few minutes.
• Don’t let your kids eat their candy before they get home. When you get home, you can wipe the wrappers off with a disinfecting wipe.

Wash your hands

• Bring hand sanitizer with you and use it after touching objects or other people.
• Use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
• Parents: supervise young children using hand sanitizer.
• Wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds when you get home and before you eat any treats.

Do not go trick-or-treating, or to a party or other activities if you or someone who lives in your home:

• Has tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 14 days.
• Was exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 14 days.
• Should be in isolation or quarantine.
• Has symptoms of COVID-19.
• Is waiting for COVID-19 test results.
• Is at higher-risk of severe illness from COVID-19.

Know your risk

• Take extra precautions if you are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19, or live or work with someone at higher-risk for severe illness. To find out more about who may be at higher- risk, visit https://coronavirus.utah.gov/protecting-high-risk-individuals/.
• Celebrate virtually or with just the people who live in your home.
• Don’t go to in-person gatherings with people who don’t live in your home or large gatherings with many people.
• If you go to an in-person gathering with people who do not live in your household, try to participate in lower risk activities (see tables below).

For those answering the door:

• Avoid direct contact with trick-or-treaters.
• Give out treats outdoors, if possible.
• Set up a station with individually bagged treats for kids to take.
• Wash hands before handling treats.
• Wear a mask