Trump postpones all future campaign events

President Trump will not be participating in live campaign events until further notice.

After the president tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, "all previously announced campaign events" where Trump was set to appear "are in the process of being moved to virtual events or are being temporarily postponed," the campaign announced. Events involving any members of the first family — first lady Melania Trump and Trump's children — are being "temporarily postponed" as well. But Vice President Mike Pence, who tested negative for COVID-19, "plans on resuming his scheduled campaign events."

Trump announced early Friday he and Melania had tested positive for COVID-19. Pence and second lady Karen Pence tested negative, as did Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and Trump's youngest son Barron Trump. Still, it can take a few days after exposure and contracting the virus for the body to have a high enough viral load to produce a positive test.

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