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WATCH: State Coronavirus Briefing

WUNC | By WUNC News

Published July 7, 2020 at 1:54 PM EDT

PBS North Carolina briefing

Members of the Coronavirus Task Force are scheduled to hold a media briefing on COVID-19. Watch live here starting at 1:30 p.m.

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