US vice presidential debate to include plexiglass barrier after White House outbreak

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As President Donald Trump announced he would leave a military hospital on Monday after three days of COVID-19 treatment, challenger Joe Biden ...

Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at Little Haiti Cultural Complex in Miami, Florida, on Oct 5, 2020. WILMINGTON, Delaware: Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris will be separated by a plexiglass barrieron Wednesday , a source familiar with the matter said, in an effort to lower the risk of coronavirus transmission.

The debate, the only one scheduled between the vice presidential candidates, is scheduled for Salt Lake City, six days after President Donald Trump announced he had contracted the virus.Both Harris, a US senator, and Republican Pence have tested negative in recent days, with the vice president working from home over the weekend instead of at the White House.

The Commission on Presidential Debates, which oversees the debate, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a statement, Pence's spokeswoman, Katie Miller, said:"If Senator Harris wants to use a fortress around herself, have at it." In response, Sabrina Singh, a spokeswoman for Harris, wrote on Twitter:"Interesting that @VPComDir Katie Miller mocks our wanting a plexiglass barrier on the debate stage, when her own boss is supposedly in charge of the COVID-19 task force and should be advocating for this too."

 

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