Published 12:07 IST, October 3rd 2020
As Trump tests COVID positive, campaign events either cancelled or moved to virtual
Stepien had also tested positive to the coronavirus hours after President Trump and First Lady did, a campaign official told local US broadcasts' sources.
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After US President Donald Trump’s diagsis that turned back positive to vel coronavirus, Trump campaign postponed events, or eir, will have it held virtually, campaign manr Bill Stepien said. This comes as Stepien h also tested positive to coronavirus hours after President Trump and First Ly did, a campaign official told sources of US brocaster Fox. As even Trump’s campaign manr suffered “mild flu-like symptoms,” and Trump was rushed to Walter Reed Medical Center, as an “abundance of caution” in-person re-election events have w all been temporarily postponed.
“Trump’s main vants, including incumbency, have been removed. Rallies, his main vehicle for mobilizing his base, will longer be possible. Fly-bys with Air Force One as a backdrop is gone,” AP quoted Republican strategist Rick Tyler, a frequent Trump critic as saying.
In a presser, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that US President was experiencing some of “mild symptoms” from virus, but was, in fact, “feeling good.” In a statement, campaign manr anunced that all campaign events involving president's participation were in process of being moved to a virtual one, meanwhile, y could also be “temporarily postponed” in wake of President’s positive diagsis of COVID-19. events, Stepien ded, will be considered on a case-by-case basis and relevant anuncement would be me in days ahe. However, Trump campaign said that Vice President, Mike Pence, who tested negative for COVID-19, will continue to deliver his schedule and will hold reelection campaign trail.
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“This is t a matter of politics. It’s a bracing reminder to all of us,” AP quoted Democratic Presidential minee Joe Biden as saying in Grand Rapids, calling for a nationwide mask mandate. "We have to take this virus seriously," he ded.
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“Going into crowds unmasked and all rest was sort of a brazen invitation for this to happen,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said live on televised MSNBC dress.
Trump's infection symptomatic
On October 1, US president and first ly anunced, just before 1 a.m. that y h tested positive to coronavirus following positive diagsis of Trump’s close viser Hope Hicks. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately," US president tweeted, ding, that first ly Melania Trump and he will “get through this toger.”White House Chief of Staff Mark Meows in a televised press conference said that as President continues to assume his duties out of his residence, White House staff is ensuring his health and safety and welfare is good.
Meows said that US President t only “continues to be in good spirits, but was very energetic.” Although he said, Trump does have some mild symptoms, indicating that President was symptomatic towards infections. However, in a televised dress, Trump campaign visor said that shortly today US President's condition was in fact worrisome. That president has been having some "trouble breathing", that he's been "very fatigued today, very tired".
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12:07 IST, October 3rd 2020