Purple pumpkins will be all over the island this Halloween – and that’s because of Covid-19.
Seeing purple pumpkins while doing this Halloween trick-or-treating means the house is a safe place to grab candy.
Nassau County officials want to spread the word about the Purple Pumpkin initiative so people can feel safe when giving a trick or treat.
“Residents wear masks, distribute individually wrapped candy, maintain proper sanitary conditions under the covid,” MLA Bill Gayler said.
Government Andrew Cuomo has given parents and children the right to go home for Halloween candy.
In front of Leinbrook Village Hall on Tuesday, Gailler and the mayor of Leinbrook announced that people could print pictures of purple pumpkins from village legislators or legislators.
Pediatrician Dr. John Zasso says parents and children need to be careful when going home on Halloween, and the printout doesn’t mean the house is virus free.
“We have to maintain that 6 feet social distance, everyone has a mask, Halloween is not considered a mask,” he says. “Ideally you would have a bowl of candy so you could keep your distance. But you don’t know that if you spread out, some people might be sensitive. The biggest thing is the social distance.”
Nassau County executive Laura Curran says you can leave a bag of candy outside your home to keep this Halloween clean and away.
