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Mike Sprayberry, North Carolina Director of Emergency Management, and Dr. Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson, North Carolina State Health Director, Chief Medical Officer, keep the proper distance between them during a press briefing to update the public on the COVID-19 virus on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)

Mike Sprayberry, North Carolina Director of Emergency Management, and Dr. Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson, North Carolina State Health Director, Chief Medical Officer, keep the proper distance between them during a press briefing to update the public on the COVID-19 virus on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)

March 24, 2020

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North Carolina's largest county issues stay-at-home order
March 24, 2020 4:07 p.m.

North Carolina's largest county issues stay-at-home order

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Leaders of North Carolina's largest county have approved a "stay-at-home" order for residents in and around Charlotte, where the number of cases of the new coronavirus has taken off compared to the rest of the state.