On Wednesday, June 24, Governor Roy Cooper responded to the recent uptick in coronavirus cases, number of hospitalizations because of COVID-19 and high percentage (10 percent or more) of cases found by testing by extending Phase Two until July 17. He also ordered the mandatory wearing of masks statewide.
Cooper moved the state into Phase Two on May 22, which was to expire on Friday. This is the first time he has ordered mandatory wearing of masks while outdoors or in public places. The mask order does not apply to children under 11, those with some medical conditions and those exercising outdoors away from others.
“I urge everyone to be a leader in wearing face coverings,” Cooper said. “I encourage businesses to be strong in enforcing it. Slowing the spread helps our economy, and these face coverings do that.”
“North Carolina has been careful in lifting COVID restrictions. And it’s because public health experts warn that removing restrictions too fast or all at once can cause a dangerous spike in the virus that would overwhelm our medical system,” Cooper said.
“Our cautious approach is like a dimmer switch, rather than an on/off switch. Over the past weeks and months, even as we’ve slowly turned the dimmer switch up and eased restrictions, we’ve seen community spread of the virus increase in North Carolina.”
Cooper previously said there could be a statewide mask mandate and that mask mandates should have some type of enforcement. Raleigh and Durham already require the use of masks or face coverings.
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“We’re adding this new requirement because we don’t want to go backward,” Cooper said. “We want to stabilize our numbers so we can continue to safely ease restrictions, and most importantly, get our children back in school.”
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