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President Donald Trump delivered a major speech from the White House balcony after inviting a reported 2,000 attendees to his first in-person event since it was revealed he tested positive for Covid-19.
His second TV debate with rival Joe Biden has been cancelled, however, after the president refused to participate.
Meanwhile, Dr Deborah Birx, one of the nation’s leading physicians, said Covid-19 was now spreading among Americans at social events — including family gatherings — where people are “taking their mask off and letting down their guard”.
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Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been released from the Morristown Medical Center where he had been staying after contracting Covid-19.
The former governor thanked the “extraordinary doctors [and] nurses” who cared for him at the medical center during his recovery from the novel virus, responsible for more than 210,000 deaths nationwide this year.
Chris Christie released from hospital after seven days of Covid treatment
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Trump to speak ‘very briefly’
White House director of communications Alyssa Farah has said Trump’s speech later today will be a “shorter event”.
She told reporters the president’s team would be taking precautions and those attending will be screened when they arrive.
She added: “The president’s at a great distance; he’s going to be up on the balcony and very briefly address the supporters there."
At least one person who attended Donald Trump’s rally in Minnesota last month is in an intensive care unit after contracting Covid-19.
Minnesota health officials said nine people who attended the rally have since contracted the disease responsible for more than 210,000 deaths in the United States this year. They could not definitively pinpoint the in-person event as the site where the nine people became infected.
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‘Peaceful law and order protest’
The White House has described Trump’s event planned for later today as “a peaceful protest for law and order”.
The president is expected to make remarks from a White House balcony to a crowd of hundreds on the lawn below this afternoon.
The White House did not preview the remarks that Trump will deliver, but he campaigned on a law-and-order theme throughout a summer of protests for racial justice.
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A member of the White House coronavirus response task force and one of the nation’s leading doctors warned a “very different” coronavirus spread was underway across the US than the one the country faced during the initial months of the global pandemic.
The United States was experiencing a “very different” spread of the novel coronavirus in recent months than the wave of infections that swept over the country during the initial months of the global pandemic, a member of the White House coronavirus response task force has warned.
Dr Deborah Birx, one of the nation’s leading physicians, said Covid-19 was now spreading among Americans at social events — including family gatherings — where people are “taking their mask off and letting down their guard”.
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People who attended Trump's rallies now in hospital with Covid-19 as he plans more events nationwide
At least one person who attended Donald Trump’s rally in Minnesota last month is in an intensive care unit after contracting the novel coronavirus, as officials warned the president against holding more in-person events he was planning despite himself contracting Covid-19.
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People who attended Trump's rallies now in hospital with Covid-19 as he plans more events nationwide
President plans return to the campaign trail with massive in-person events despite himself facing an active case of Covid-19
Chris Christie released from hospital after seven days of coronavirus treatment
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been released from the Morristown Medical Center where he had been staying after contracting Covid-19.
The former governor thanked the “extraordinary doctors [and] nurses” who cared for him at the medical center during his recovery from the novel virus, responsible for more than 210,000 deaths nationwide this year.
“Thanks to my familly [and] friends for their prayers,” Mr Christie said in a statement on Saturday.
In a tweet, the former governor also said he will have “more to say about all of this” next week:
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Chris Christie released from hospital after seven days of Covid treatment
Former governor says he will have ‘more to say about all of this’ next week
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