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When the CDC announced guidelines that recommended that kids don’t go trick or treating this year, many were left wondering how the state, cities, and local neighborhoods would handle the annual event.
Now we know. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has released their guideline for the Halloween season- including trick or treating.
According to the IDPH website
Anyone participating in trick-or-treating, including those passing out candy, should maintain 6-feet of social distance and wear proper face coverings.
Consider leaving individually wrapped candy (spaced apart) on a table in driveways or in front of walkways, sidewalks, or any outdoor space where 6-feet of distance can be maintained.
A Halloween costume mask is not a substitute for a cloth mask. Ensure that breathing is not impaired if a cloth mask is worn under a costume mask. If so, discard the costume mask.
Trick-or-treat in groups with household members only.
Candy collected during trick-or-treating should not be eaten until after handwashing.
Other Halloween Season guidelines include
No indoor haunted houses this year but open-air events that can maintain social distancing guidelines are permitted.
Halloween parties over 50 people (or more than 50% of a building’s capacity) or prohibited.
Hayrides may operate at 50% capacity. They must maintain social distancing guidelines and face masks need to be worn.
When visiting local pumpkin patches, wear face coverings.
Read all of the IDPH’s guidelines HERE
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