Photos show crowd of around 1,500 packed together and maskless on White House South Lawn for Trump's speech at the RNC

Guests gather to watch U.S. President Donald Trump deliver his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White House August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

• During the final night of the Republican National Convention Thursday, a crowd formed on the White House South Lawn to hear President Donald Trump speak, with little social distancing or mask wearing.
• With a crowd estimated at around 1,500, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said "a number of people" on site would be tested for COVID-19, according to Bloomberg News.
• An official release from the Trump campaign did not specifically mention masks or testing, saying that the company Patronus Medical is conducting "strict protocols" that will be "in full compliance with multiple guidelines."

On the final night of the Republican National Convention, about 1,500 people gathered on the South Lawn of the White House to hear President Donald Trump speak. The crowd didn't appear to observe social distancing and very few people in attendance wore masks. The Trump campaign issued a vague statement ahead of the speech that didn't specify any testing protocols.

Chairs being assembled on the lawn in the late afternoon drew initial concern for their lack of spacing, with most of the spots sitting only inches apart.

Then, once the crowd began forming around sunset, a lack of mask wearing became apparent to reporters and photographers on the scene.

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said "a number of people" at the event will be tested, according to Bloomberg News.

The Trump campaign's statement on coronavirus protocols for the final night of the convention was vague, and did not specify what the testing situation would be or whether masks would be mandatory.