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- The Trump campaign ordered the removal of 19,000 labels meant to encourage social distancing at his Tulsa rally last Saturday, Billboard reported.
- President Donald Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, amid a surge in new coronavirus cases due to failed mitigation and reopening efforts.
- The 19,000-seat venue hosted the rally last Saturday in his first in-person event since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Six campaign staffers tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of the Saturday rally, including two Secret Service employees who were intended to screen attendees.
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The Trump campaign ordered the removal of thousands of social distancing labels on seats in the BOK Center ahead of his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, undermining efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Billboard Magazine reported Friday.
The sticker labels reading "Do Not Sit Here, Please!" were placed on seats as part of the venue's new mandatory health safety protocol known as VenueShield — a program developed by doctors, industry experts and infectious disease specialists to contain the spread of the coronavirus, according to the Billboard report.
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