Happy New Year 2021 Celebration During COVID

As many people in the United States begin to plan for fall and winter as well as HNY 2021 Celebrations, CDC offers the following considerations to help protect individuals, their families, friends, and communities from COVID-19. These considerations are meant to supplement — not replace — any state, local, territorial, or tribal health and safety laws, rules, and regulations with which the Happy New Year 2021 gatherings must comply. When planning to host a Happy new year 2021 celebration, you should assess current COVID-19 levels in your community to determine whether to postpone, cancel, or limit the number of attendees.

The virus spread risk at New year celebrations

Celebrating virtually or with members of your own household pose a low risk for spread. In-person gatherings pose varying levels of risk. Event organizers and attendees should consider the risk of virus spread based on event size and use of mitigation strategies, as outlined in the Considerations for Events and Gatherings.

There are several factors that contribute to the risk of getting infected or infecting others with the virus that causes COVID-19 at the New year 2021 celebration. In combination, these factors will create various amounts of risk, so it is important to consider them individually and together:

• Community levels of COVID-19 — Higher levels of COVID-19 cases and community spread in the gathering location, as well as where attendees are coming from, increase the risk of infection and spread among attendees. Family and friends should consider the number and rate of COVID-19 cases in their community and in the community where they plan to celebrate when considering whether to host or attend The New year 2021 celebration. Information on the number of cases in an area can be found on the area’s health department website.
• The location of the gathering — Indoor gatherings generally pose more risk than outdoor gatherings. Indoor gatherings with poor ventilation pose more risk than those with good ventilation, such as those with open windows or doors.
• The duration of the gathering — Gatherings that last longer pose more risk than shorter gatherings.
• The number of people at the gathering — Gatherings with more people pose more risk than gatherings with fewer people. CDC does not have a limit or recommend a specific number of attendees for gatherings. The size of a Happy new year 2021 gathering should be determined based on the ability to reduce or limit contact between attendees, the risk of spread between attendees, and state, local, territorial, or tribal health and safety laws, rules, and regulations.
• The locations attendees are travelling from — Gatherings with attendees who are travelling from different places pose a higher risk than gatherings with attendees who live in the same area. Higher levels of COVID-19 cases and community spread in the gathering location, or where attendees are coming from, increase the risk of infection and spread among attendees.
• The behaviours of attendees prior to the gathering — Gatherings with attendees who are not adhering to social distancing (staying at least 6 feet apart), mask-wearing, hand washing, and other prevention behaviours pose more risk than gatherings with attendees who are engaging in these preventative behaviours.
• The behaviours of attendees during the gathering — Gatherings with more preventive measures, such as mask-wearing, social distancing, and handwashing, in place pose less risk than gatherings where fewer or no preventive measures are being implemented.

How to safely celebrate New yea during a pandemic

You never fully appreciate something until you can’t have it.

That could be the theme for 2021. And when you think of all the things people avoided through the summer — sitting towel-to-towel on a sunny beach, European vacations, concerts, visiting extended family — it seems unfair to now have to avoid the usual fun of New year. ( Find out beautiful HNY wishes, Happy new year quotes as well as New year Images)

But with the virus that causes COVID-19 circulating, it’s just not safe to crowd into a cramped haunted house and scream your head off.

The same is true for big indoor parties — basically anyplace large groups of people will be spending time indoors talking, laughing and shouting isn’t safe during the pandemic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released guidelines for safe HNY 2021 celebrations, and listed these New year activities as higher-risk for spreading viruses:

• Participating in traditional trick-or-treating where treats are handed to children who go door to door
• Having trunk-or-treat where treats are handed out from trunks of cars lined up in large parking lots
• Attending crowded costume parties held indoors
• Going to an indoor haunted house where people may be crowded together and screaming
• Going on hayrides or tractor rides with people who are not in your household
• Using alcohol or drugs, which can cloud judgement and increase risky behaviours
• Travelling to a rural fall festival that is not in your community if you live in an area with community spread of COVID-19

But all is not lost! There are ways to do the fun New year 2021 things (including trick-or-treating) in a safe way:

• Have the New year 2021 party at home! Decorate to the hilt and let kids stay up to watch a Happy new year 2021 movie with some special treats.
• Carve pumpkins! Roast the seeds, too.
• Try alternatives to trick-or-treating, such as a glow-in-the-dark egg hunt, hanging packages of candy on a tree or fence to be “picked,” or setting up a table in the front yard laden with individual cups filled with candy for trick-or-treaters to take.
• Participate in an outdoor Happy new year parade and show off your costume.
• “Boo” someone! Leave a bag of treats or a pumpkin on a friend’s doorstep after dark, ring the bell and run.
• Set up a New year scavenger hunt in and around your house for the people in your household.

If you choose to attend a party or take the kids trick-or-treating, remember these important safety guidelines:

• Maintain physical distance from people you don’t live with.
• Don’t sub a costume mask for a cloth mask. Unless your costume mask is made of two or more layers of fabric and fits snugly around your mouth and nose, wear a cloth mask instead. Don’t wear a cloth mask under a costume mask, as this may make it hard to breathe.
• Frequently wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. If soap and water isn’t available, use hand sanitizer.
• If you have COVID-19 or have been exposed to someone with a confirmed case of COVID-19, you should not participate in in-person activities or hand out candy to trick-or-treaters.
• Remember that outdoor celebrations are safer than indoor, particularly enclosed, poorly ventilated spaces.