US Vice President Mike Pence has cancelled a trip to the Middle East and Europe planned for next week amid global spikes in coronavirus cases, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg on Wednesday.
Pence had been discussing travel to countries including Israel, Bahrain and Belgium, after presiding over a January 6 joint session of Congress to finalize President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, the sources said. Pence’s office had never formally announced the trip.
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