BREAKING: The Trump campaign says six staff members helping set up for the president's giant rally in Tulsa tonight have tested positive for coronavirus.
Tulsa officials have said 100,000 people are expected to flock downtown for events.
6 staffers setting up for Trump Tulsa rally test positive for coronavirus
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JUNE 20, 2020 - 2:43 PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign says six staff members helping set up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus.
The campaign's communications director, Tim Murtaugh, said in a statement that “quarantine procedures” were immediately initiated and no staff member who tested positive would attend the event. He said no one who had immediate contact with those staffers would attend, either.
Murtaugh said campaign staff members are tested for COVID-19 as part of the campaign's safety protocols.
Campaign officials say everyone who is attending the rally will be given temperature checks before they pass through security. They will also be given masks to wear, if they want, and hand sanitizer at the 19,000-seat BOK Center.
The rally is expected to be the biggest indoor event the country has seen since restrictions to prevent the coronavirus from spreading began in March.
