Washington D.C.: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the Republican National Convention scheduled to take place in Jacksonville, Florida, will not go ahead as planned because the state is experiencing a spike in coronavirus cases.
“The timing for this event is not right. It is just not right with what is happened recently, the (coronavirus) flare-up in Florida,” Trump told reporters.
“I told my team, it is time to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida component of the (Republican National) Convention,” he said.
Trump informed the opening of the convention set to take place on August 24 in Charlotte, North Carolina, will proceed as planned and events scheduled in Jacksonville will likely be conducted virtually.
