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Joe Biden tells Americans to stay home for Thanksgiving as Donald Trump encourages them to gather
Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and sitting Republican President Donald Trump, like millions of Americans, were celebrating Thanksgiving quietly at home, as the coronavirus pandemic rages across the United States.
Key points:
- Joe Biden says Americans are making a “shared sacrifice” by staying at home
- Meanwhile, Mr Trump encourages all Americans to gather at homes and places of worship
- COVID-19 deaths in the US reached 2,000 in a single day earlier this week
Mr Biden was spending the holiday in the small seaside town of Rehoboth, Delaware, where he and his wife Jill have a vacation home.
The Bidens hosted daughter Ashley Biden and her husband Dr Howard Krein for the holiday meal.
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