Today, Gov. Cooper shared a path for North Carolina to eventually ease certain COVID-19 restrictions and transition into a ‘new normal.’

Gov. Cooper and his team of public health experts took decisive action against COVID-19, and together we have managed to flatten the curve and save lives.

We know we need to begin easing the restrictions to get people back to work and improve the economy. Before we can do that, we need to make progress in three areas: 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀.

A new normal can get us back to work, back to school, and back to play, but in a new way for a while. Experts tell us it would be dangerous to lift our restrictions all at once.

We're all in this fight together. And we will beat this virus.