LOS ANGELES - What's Halloween without trick-or-treating? Los Angeles County residents are about to find out.
Citing the coronavirus, the county Department of Public Health has banned door-to-door or car-to-car trick-or-treating for Halloween, along with Halloween parties, carnivals and haunted houses. RELATED: Stay up to date on all coronavirus-related informationIn the latest update to the county's coronavirus health orders, the Department of Public Health states that such activities pose too much of a risk for spreading COVID-19. "Since some of the traditional ways in which this holiday is celebrated (do) not allow you to minimize contact with non-household members, it is important to plan early and identify safer alternatives,".