The Obamas' $12 million oceanfront Massachusetts home will host 475 confirmed guests, along with 200 staff working the event. Pearl Jam is expected to perform. All attendees are asked to be vaccinated and will be COVID-19 tested.
"While President Biden is unable to attend this weekend, he looks forward to catching up with former President Obama soon and properly welcoming him into the over-60 club," a White House official told reporters. Biden will be in Washington this week before traveling to Rehoboth, Delaware, on Aug. 6.Biden served as vice president under Obama for two terms.
Hundreds of guests are expected at Obama's celebrity-packed outdoor bash on Wednesday despite heightened concerns over the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. The United States is reporting 79,905 new coronavirus cases daily, the highest weekly average since mid-February, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The first family's $12 million oceanfront Massachusetts home will host 475 confirmed guests, along with 200 staff working the event. Pearl Jam is expected to perform, Axios reported. A person familiar with the safety protocols told the outlet that all attendees are asked to be vaccinated and will be COVID-19 tested.
On Martha's Vineyard island, health authorities revised their indoor mask guidance last week, including for vaccinated people, due to the virus's continued spread, said the
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