Obama curtails 60th birthday bash due to virus surge

Former US president Barack Obama (Vincent Thian/AP)
Former US president Barack Obama (Vincent Thian/AP)
Wed, 04 Aug, 2021 - 13:24
Darlene Superville, Associated Press

The party for the nation’s 44th president will go on, but only for family and close friends.

Former president Barack Obama has scaled back his 60th birthday bash set for this weekend due to the surge of infections blamed on the Delta variant of the coronavirus, his office said on Wednesday.

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