(CNN) President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will forgo a handshake at their first presidential debate on Tuesday, one of several ways Covid-19 has impacted the way the candidates' first face-to-face showdown will play out. Peter Eyre, a senior adviser for the Commission on Presidential Debates, said the candidates also won't exchange handshakes with the moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News . Frank Fahrenkopf, co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is conducting the event, told CNN, the average in-person audience for a debate is around 900 people, with up to as many as 1,200 depending on the venue. But for this debate, he estimated 60 to 70 audience members would be seated in the debate hall Tuesday night. Both first lady Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump will be in attendance at the debate, a White House official confirmed to CNN.

Source: CNN September 27, 2020 21:11 UTC