Melania Trump Cancels Rally Appearance Due to Lingering Cough from COVID

Melania Trump cancelled her first campaign appearance in months due to lingering cough from COVID-19.

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were announced COVID-19 positive.

After several days in hospital care, the president was cleared for public appearances to get back to his campaign.

Melania Trump was supposed to join the president in a rally in Pennsylvania Tuesday night, but opted to cancel.

Stephanie Grisham, Melania's chief of staff, said the first lady "continues to feel better" but has a lingering cough from her bout with the disease.

A CNN report added that the first lady is still recovering from COVID-19 and was not feeling well.

Grisham added that the decision to be absent from the rally was also "out of an abundance of caution."

Before the cancellation, Mrs. Trump announced her attendance to the event last week, noted The Guardian.

The first lady was last seen in an public function for the president's campaign during the August Republican National Convention.

Last June, she also joined the president in a kick-off rally in Florida during the start of the campaign.

There are no plans yet for her to make up for her absence in the rally, said a source familiar with the first lady's schedule.

Melania Trump on Contracting COVID-19

Last week, Melania Trump wrote an essay that detailed her battle with the coronavirus. The essay was posted on the White House website.

In it, she said she was fortunate to have been diagnosed with minimal symptoms. She added that the symptoms "hit me all at once and it seemed to be a roller coaster of symptoms in the days after."

She experienced having body aches, a cough and headaches. She also felt tired most of the time.

Her medication was done on a "natural route," she added, opting more for vitamins and healthy food.

According to the essay, when she received her diagnosis, her mind immediately went to her son Barron's condition.

Business Insider reported that Barron Trump was asymptomatic despite contracting the virus.

She added that it was "unfamiliar" for her to be taken care of instead of encouraging others to stay healthy and safe.

She also said she had first-hand experience with the virus and all that it could do.

President Trump Saw Worse

While the first lady and first son managed to fight the virus from the White House, the president was under worse conditions when the virus hit him.

President Trump required hospitalization at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, where he was given various treatments.

It's not yet clear when and where the Trumps first contracted the virus.

Many reports speculate it was during the Rose Garden ceremony on September 26 announcing the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

The gathering was labeled as a "super-spreader" event." There was a lack of prevention measures like mask wearing and social distancing.

The president, first lady and other senior White House officials also fell ill after this event.

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