Safety tips include wearing a mask with your costume, staying 6 feet apart from other groups, only accepting wrapped candy and only trick-or-treating with members of your own household, the post said.
Residents passing out candy should not use self-serve candy bowls and should only pass out wrapped candy, the post added.
These safety tips along with guidance from the Ohio Department of Health is designed to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
The Ohio Department of Health is encouraging parents and guardians to limit the number of houses children visit, wipe off candy wrappers with sanitizing wipes after trick-or-treating and contact a doctor before trick-or-treating if their child is at greater risk of complications from COVID-19.
Other Halloween recommendations include holding a drive-through or drive-in trick-or-treat event, leaving treats in the mailboxes of friends and neighbors or decorating your home and hide treats as an alternative to trick-or-treating.
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