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US President Donald Trump is on stage with first lady Melania Trump after the first presidential debate with former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden.
Melania Trump’s return to the election campaign will have to wait.
The first lady has decided not to accompany US President Donald Trump to a campaign rally on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT) in Erie, Pennsylvania, due to a persistent cough after his fight with Covid-19, Stephanie Grisham said. , your chief of staff.
It was to be Melania Trump’s first public appearance since recovering from the coronavirus, as well as her first time on the election campaign in more than a year.
The first lady’s announcement served as yet another reminder to the president that as much as he wishes the virus “just go away,” as he has put it, it is still a powerful presence in everyday life, including his own.
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Trump said on Monday (local time) that people are tired of hearing about Covid-19. More than 58,000 Americans a day test positive for the virus and more than 700 die of the disease each day.
Melania Trump continues to feel better every day “but with a persistent cough and as a precaution, she will not travel today,” Grisham said.
The first lady last appeared in public for the Sept. 29 debate in Cleveland between Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. She and the president tested positive two days later.
The first lady announced in a blog post last week that she had recovered from a fight with Covid-19 that included headaches, body aches and fatigue, and had tested negative. It also revealed that the couple’s 14-year-old son, Barron, had also contracted the virus, but never had symptoms. Since then it has tested negative.
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It was to be Melania Trump’s first public appearance since recovering from the coronavirus, as well as her first time on the election campaign in more than a year.
The president of the United States, Trump, spent three nights in a military hospital outside Washington receiving treatment for his case of the disease. He was released from prison on October 5 and campaigned actively again last week.
Tuesday’s rally (local time) in Pennsylvania was to be Melania Trump’s first election campaign appearance since she spoke briefly at a June 2019 event in Orlando, Florida, where the US president launched his candidacy for the re-election.
He addressed a mostly virtual Republican National Convention in August from the White House Rose Garden.
The first lady had planned to headline Trump’s campaign fundraisers in March, but those appearances were canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.
He is expected to accompany the president of the United States to Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday (local time) for his second and final debate against Biden before the November 3 election.
