Vice President Mike Pence and Democrat vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris will be separated by plexiglass during their debate Wednesday night at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
The Commission on Presidential Debates has taken extra precautions following the COVID-19 diagnoses of President Donald Trump, several White House aides, and three GOP senators over the last week. The vice president continues to test negative for the virus, and the debate is moving forward as planned.
Fox News reports that Pence, Harris, and moderator Susan Page of USA Today will all be 12 feet apart from one another, and all guests will be required to wear masks and present negative COVID-19 tests. At their debate last week, Trump and Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden were placed seven feet apart.
The Cleveland Clinic is guiding the commission on health decisions.
"The Commission, including me, is certainly open to virtual operations of the debates, without question," a commission member told CNN regarding future debates between Trump and Biden. It will all "depend on the president's health," a source familiar with the debate planning said.
For now, discussions of contingency plans for future presidential debates remain informal and likely won't be addressed formally until after the vice presidential debate, according to CNN.
A recent poll showed the California senator and vice president virtually tied in a head-to-head matchup.
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