Mass. governor and Salem mayor outline precautions ahead of Halloween
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll spoke on Wednesday about new restrictions on Halloween activities as the state faces a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Salem typically attracts half a million visitors during October, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the city is asking visitors without plans to not visit.
The MBTA has canceled trains Friday night after commuter hours and on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. "We need to make sure we don't allow the street party to get started," Driscoll said, according to CBS Boston reporter Christina Hager.
Parades, balls, and all large city events for Halloween were canceled back in August. Still, the city has seen plenty of visitors."This year I would say anecdotally there is a younger crowd. They're folks in their 20s and 30s and there's just a sense of stir crazy, a little bit of wanderlust, there's not a lot of planning going on. They're clearly not getting the messages, all the advisories we're putting out, the things that are on websites indicating that this isn't the year to come," Driscoll said last week.
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