The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced late Friday that the second 2020 presidential debate that was scheduled for Oct. 15 “will not proceed.”

“It is now apparent there will be no debate on October 15, and the CPD will turn its attention to preparations for the final presidential debate scheduled for October 22,” the commission announced.

“Both candidates have agreed to participate in the October 22 debate.”

The debate will be held at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, subject to “health security considerations, and in accordance with all required testing, masking, social distancing and other protocols,” the CPD announced.

The debate will consist of six 15-minute segments, and Kristen Welker of NBC News will serve as the moderator for the debate. The topics for the six segments will be announced by Welker at least one week before the debate.

The news comes after a Thursday announcement by the CPD said that it was going to hold the debate virtually “to protect the health and safety of all involved.”

The CPD noted on Friday that “the campaigns of the two candidates who qualified for participation in the debate made a series of statements concerning their respective positions regarding their willingness to participate in a virtual debate on October 15, and each now has announced alternate plans for that date.”

President Donald Trump on Thursday asked for the second presidential debate to be postponed to Oct. 22 and said that he wouldn’t participate in a virtual debate.

“I’m not going to waste my time at a virtual debate,” the president told Fox News on “Mornings with Maria.” He added that he wasn’t going to “sit at a computer” to debate, calling the arrangement “ridiculous.”

“They’re trying to protect Biden,” Trump added. “Everybody is.”