Kamala Harris cancels travel after two of her staff get Covid-19
The campaign said she was not in ‘close contact’ with the two, and nor was presidential nominee Joe Biden, whose schedule won’t be interrupted
15 October 2020 - 17:08
Washington — Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris has canceled her travel until Monday after her communications director and a member of her flight crew tested positive for Covid-19, the Biden campaign said on Thursday.
The campaign said the California senator was not in “close contact” with communications director Liz Allen or the crew member in the days before they tested positive, but her travel would be paused “out of an abundance of caution”. Neither infected person was in contact with presidential nominee Joe Biden, whose travel schedule won’t be interrupted...
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