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WATCH: State Officials Hold Coronavirus Briefing

WUNC | By WUNC News

Published August 13, 2020 at 2:18 PM EDT

Gov. Cooper and members of the Coronavirus Task Force are scheduled to hold a media briefing on COVID-19 on Thursday.

Watch here, live, beginning at 2 p.m.

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