It advises bringing hand sanitiser with you if going out, using it before eating any treats, and avoiding direct contact with trick or treaters.
This includes wearing a mask, handing out sweets outdoors if possible, setting up a table with individually bagged treats, and washing your hands before preparing it all.
It said safer activities include a spooky family movie night, pumpkin carving within your own households, and a Halloween-themed outdoor scavenger hunt.
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What’s allowed in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
The Scottish Government has explicitly advised against trick or treating, or guising, as it “brings an additional and avoidable risk of spreading the virus”.
“Going door to door, passing sweets, touching items others have touched – all of that gives Covid the opportunity to spread,” said First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Bobbing for apples, trick or treating, and sweet-sharing have all been strongly discouraged by Northern Ireland’s public health agency because “these are not safe practices this year, as they increase the risk of infection.”
And in Wales, October 31 falls during a 17-day national “firebreak” lockdown, meaning meeting people from other households, either indoors or outdoors, is outlawed.
