As COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S., election officials are closely monitoring the virus as federal government shifts from containment strategy into mitigation phase.
Voters will head to the polls for primaries in 6 states this morning, including in delegate-rich Michigan. ABC News’ Zohreen Shah reports.crisis that has now reached 36 states and the District of Columbia.officials are closely monitoring the virus as the federal government shifts from a containment strategy into a mitigation phase.
“It was a cybersecurity strategy early on to give us the ability to offset any kind of natural disaster, it wasn’t anticipated to be this,” Chad Houck, the Idaho deputy secretary of state told ABC News Monday. “But now we accelerated because of COVID,” Houck said. In response to the outbreak, secretaries of state that spoke to ABC News urged voters to cast their votes but take extra precautions.
“We’re encouraging voters to make sure they wash their hands as often as possible and continue to practice good hygiene. With no confirmed cases in our state, we obviously still want to remain cautious. We encourage all Mississippians to go vote,” Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said. With 37% of the vote already in ahead of Tuesday's primaries in King County, Washington, election board chief of staff Kendall Hodson told ABC News that they were adding regular handwashing and sanitizing breaks, and that employees also had the option to wear gloves while handling ballots.MORE: As stocks dive and coronavirus spreads, Trump compares COVID-19 to common flu
A spokeswoman from the Republican National Convention said in a statement to ABC News Monday that the convention team was closely monitoring and coordinating with key stakeholders across the administration, HHS and CDC to obtain regular updates on the coronavirus outbreak.
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