UPDATE: Second Presidential Debate Will Be Virtual
The second presidential debate was uncertain after Donald Trump caught the coronavirus and was hospitalized as symptoms started to progress. However, after doctors gave him the green light to return to the White House for work, Trump said she was still looking forward to the big event.
According to the latest updated by the Associated Press, the second presidential debate will still go on but it will be virtual due to concerns about Trump’s COVID-19. The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates said Thursday that Donald Trump and Joe Biden will “participate from separate remote locations,” in a “town meeting form” while the participants and moderator remain in Miami.
The announcement comes just six days after Trump announced early last Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for coronavirus. Since Trump’s diagnosis, more than a dozen White House officials have tested positive for Covid-19. While Trump seems to be improving, The Hill reports a White House security official is “gravely ill” after contracting COVID-19 in September.
Biden previously said the debate should be canceled If Trump is still infected with the coronavirus. Although Trump’s Doctor is said he is “symptom and fever free,” it is unclear if he is still contagious.
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