A source close to Gov. Roy Cooper told WRAL News that an announcement easing COVID19 restrictions could be coming, as early as Wednesday.
REPORT FROM THE LIVE CENTER. BACK TO YOU. >> WE WILL KEEP FOLLOWING THIS. THANK YOU. >>> AN EASING OF COVID RESTRICTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA COULD BE COMING SOON. >> CULLEN JOINS US WITH WHAT HE HAS LEARNED. >> Reporter: A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE GOVERNOR TELLS ME THAT PERHAPS AS EARLY AS TOMORROW, WE CAN SEE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT COULD BE THE BIGGEST EASING OF COVID RESTRICTIONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. AGAIN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EASING RESTRICTIONS, NOT LIFTING RESTRICTIONS. SOME OF THE THINGS WE COULD HEAR FROM THE GOVERNOR PERHAPS AS EARLY AS TOMORROW, INCREASED CAPACITY AT HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SPORTING EVENTS. OF COURSE SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS FILED A FLURRY OF BILLS TO TRY AND GET MORE PEOPLE IN STANDS. WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR SOMETHING FROM THE GOVERNOR ON THAT. IN ADDITION, WE CAN SEE EASING WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO ACTUALLY GO INSIDE AND SIT DOWN IN BARS. INDOOR SEATING IN BARS POTENTIALLY COULD BE ALLOWED IN COMING DAYS. ALSO I AM HEARING THAT POTENTIALLY WE CAN HEAR ABOUT AN EASING OF THE CURFEW ON ALCOHOL SALES. AGAIN, ALL THOSE DETAILS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT I AM TOLD BY THE GOVERNOR'S TEAM. BUT AS EARLY AS TOMORROW WE CAN