WASHINGTON: Melania Trump isn t letting the coronavirus pandemic break a decades-long tradition of first ladies visiting a Washington children s hospital at the holidays. She planned her fourth and final holiday visit as first lady to Children s National on Tuesday, continuing a tradition begun more than 70 years ago by first lady Bess Truman. The hospital tweaked the holiday program to safely accommodate the visit. The first lady will still sit in a chair in front of a towering Christmas tree in the hospital s atrium. But she ll read to a small, socially distanced group of children rather than a big crowd of patients and their families, hospital staffers and singers and dancers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) Melania Trump didn’t let the coronavirus pandemic break a decades-long tradition of first ladies visiting a Washington children’s hospital at the holidays.
On Tuesday, she made her fourth and final holiday visit as first lady to Children’s National Hospital.
“Wonderful to be here,” she said. “This is one of my favorite events during the holiday season.”
During each of her visits, Mrs. Trump said she has seen that the spirit of Christmas is alive in each of the children, who are battling medical conditions.
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First Lady Melania Trump removed her mask before reading to children during her annual visit to Children s National Hospital in Washington DC on Tuesday, breaking from hospital rules requiring visitors to wear a face covering amid the coronavirus pandemic.
She wore a mask as she arrived inside the hospital’s atrium but removed it once she sat down. She was several feet away from people inside the room, and most attendees participated in the reading virtually.
The hospital’s policy instructs that “everyone must wear a mask at all times while in any Children s National facility to prevent the spread of Covid-19.” Visitors must wear a mask “when entering any Children s National building, as mandated by area officials.
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