Melania Trump cancels campaign appearance over 'lingering cough'
By Judy Kurtz - 10/20/20 01:09 PM EDT
Melania Trump cancels campaign appearance over 'lingering cough'
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Melania Trump is nixing a planned appearance at a Pennsylvania campaign rally for President Trump due to a cough in the wake of her coronavirus diagnosis.
The first lady won't join her husband in Erie on Tuesday because of a "lingering cough," according to her chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham.
Earlier this month, the Trumps announced that they had both tested positive for COVID-19. The president was hospitalized for three nights in the wake of his diagnosis.
Grisham told ITK in a Tuesday statement that Trump "continues to feel better every day following her recovery from COVID-19, but with a lingering cough, and out of an abundance of caution, she will not be traveling today."
The rally in swing state Pennsylvania was poised to be Trump's first appearance at a non-convention campaign event for her husband in more than a year, and her first public engagement since contracting the coronavirus.
Last week, Trump said in a statement posted on the White House's website that she had tested negative for the coronavirus, writing that she hoped "to resume my duties as soon as I can."
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/521891-melania-trump-cancels-campaign-appearance-over-lingering-cough
