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Anchorage school and municipal playgrounds are closed indefinitely

By Anchorage Daily News
Updated: April 7, 2020 Published: April 6, 2020

Playground equipment at city parks has been wrapped with caution tape to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Chugach Foothills Park on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Bill Roth / ADN)

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Anchorage playgrounds are now closed.

The Anchorage Parks and Recreation Department announced the closure of the city’s 82 playgrounds on its Facebook page Sunday.

The Anchorage School District followed suit on Monday, closing its playgrounds. Families were notified by text message.

Both the parks department and the school district have said the playgrounds were closed to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Parks and trails remain open. People should keep 6 feet apart from other trail users, according to the parks department.

Tape indicates that playground equipment at Westchester Lagoon is closed on April 6, 2020. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Playground equipment at Chugach Foothills Park have been wrapped with caution tape on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Bill Roth / ADN)

The picnic shelter at Chugach Foothills Park is wrapped with caution tape on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Equipment at the Davenport Field playground is wrapped with caution tape Friday evening, April 3, 2020. (Anne Raup / ADN)

The playground at Denali Montessori School near downtown sits empty on Monday, April 6, 2020, as the Anchorage School District announced that school playgrounds were closed indefinitely to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Playground equipment at city parks have been wrapped with caution tape to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Sunshine illuminates caution tape at Chugach Foothills Park on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Bill Roth / ADN)

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