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Kamala Harris and Mike Pence to be separated by plexiglass at Wednesday’s debate
(CNN)Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris will be separated by plexiglass at Wednesday night’s debate, a source familiar with the preparations tells CNN, as the White House continues to be gripped by a coronavirus outbreak.The commission, along with medical consultants at the Cleveland Clinic, made the decision on Monday after studying the airborne nature of the virus and as the number of positive cases in the White House continued to grow.
Despite a number of positive coronavirus tests at the White House and that Pence attended a Rose Garden event over a week ago that is widely seen as the genesis for the spread among several Trump aides and allies, the vice president has continued to test negative and the debate is moving ahead as planned.
The addition to the debate on Wednesday is the latest sign of how the ongoing coronavirus outbreak inside President Donald Trump’s administration has reshaped the final month of the presidential campaign.
But the decision by the commission to enhance safety measures at Wednesday’s debate was met with mockery from Pence’s team.
Trump’s own coronavirus diagnosis has forced organizers of the forthcoming presidential debates to rethink future contests between the President and Democratic nominee Joe Biden, sources tell CNN, leading some open to holding a virtual debate between the two men.