CONCORD — As new cases of COVID-19 continue to grow slowly in the state, Gov. Chris Sununu and his top health staff returned to the podium for a live, televised press conference Thursday to give residents an update and to urge all those who have not been fully vaccinated to do so.
But he said the state is under no state of emergency anymore and he does not anticipate any future statewide return to a mask mandate.
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