SALT LAKE CITY – While health officials are urging caution as Utah fights the coronavirus epidemic, many communities are having a better year than 2020, with everyone hoping they are heading to a New Year’s Eve celebration designed to ring safely.
There are opportunities to catch fireworks and events on Thursday nights. But the doctor of the interim ountain nt, Dr. As Edward Steinage said in Wednesday’s question and answer, Utah should take the same precautions as before Thanksgiving and Christmas.
“This holiday season, our recommendation is to take it only with your family,” Stanejjem said. “Don’t invite others who may be potentially prophylactic or possibly infected with the virus, they could potentially infect the virus. The same recommendation was made at Thanksgiving, consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The community transmission rate is just that high. “
The seven-day rolling average of positive COVID-19 tests in Utah is 25%. “There are still a lot of COVID-19s in our communities,” Steinage said.
The state has assembled its own tips for a safe holiday celebration on its coronavirus webpage.
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart … this year, to save me from tears, please wear body spacing and a mask. Please do not give COVID to any special person.
– Utah State COVID-19 Response (tUtahCoronavirus) December 29, 2020
“The more contact a person has with different households when they are together, the more physical interaction there is, and the longer the interaction lasts, the more likely it is that a person with Covid-19 will spread it to others, whether he or she has symptoms.” No, ”says the state.
It suggests that gatherings be kept as small as possible and that participants wear masks indoors, keep a physical distance, practice good hygiene, and not attend events if they are sick or in contact with Covid-11.
Modified events
Gateway’s annual “Last Hooray!” The celebration is only a few years old but it has already turned into the largest New Year’s party in the state. Live entertainment and fireworks will return this year, but organizers are encouraging people to tune in online instead of in person.
People there will be alive at the event, as Gateway sold a limited number of tickets for families outside the main plaza area to enjoy the show. The parties will be given physical distance, masked up and assigned a place; However, tickets to the event are sold out. If the registered party is unable to attend, interested Utahns may still join the wait.
For all others, Gateway encourages Utahns to perform the action live from home. “People can log on to LastHarrascle.com or Athegateway.com and they’ll be able to see performances through bands, countdowns and fireworks,” said Jacqueline Briggs, Gateway Marketing Manager. “There will be live shots from The Gateway so people can get a local experience of the comfort and safety of their home.”
Entertainment will begin at 11pm with music from the local act The Cool featuring Bree Ray.
Some gateway dining options will open late, including Hlappas and Dave and Buster, as well as a grocery store. “Anyone coming down is welcome to come in open traders,” Briggs said. “Like a reminder, however, it will affect capacity because they have a certain amount of space that once filled, then they won’t allow more people to enter. So it comes first, served first.”
The plaza area will be planted for ticket holders only.
It is a gift you can give us. Wear a mask, make your social distance, minimize your contacts so that you are not contributing to the ongoing transmission of this virus.
R d. Like Edward Stein, Intermediate Physician
Elsewhere in Utah, Provo is celebrating drive-in fireworks with the show at 9pm and midnight. Living Planet Aquarium is hosting a “Noon Year Eve” event, there is a holiday laser show at the Maverick Center, and the famous Luminaria Lights at Thanksgiving Point is a New Year’s Eve sale with fireworks.
Of course, there will be parties and gatherings and crowded bars. But these are safe alternatives to New Year’s Eve and, as Steamejjem said during an interim presentation, the best way to thank Utah healthcare workers this holiday season is to “don’t get covid and don’t infect anyone else.”
“It’s the only gift you can give us,” he said. “Wear a mask, make your social distance, minimize your contacts so that you are not contributing to the ongoing transmission of this virus.”
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