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WATCH: NC Coronavirus Task Force Briefing

WUNC | By WUNC News

Published April 21, 2021 at 12:47 PM EDT

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and members of the Coronavirus Task Force are expected to to share an update on COVID-19 today at 2 p.m.

Watch the briefing here, live:

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