North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper didn't announce a new statewide mask mandate during a Thursday briefing, but he and state health leaders urged citizens to get a COVID-19 vaccine following the CDC's new guidance that recommends even fully vaccinated people wear coverings indoors due to a rise in COVID-19.

At the beginning of the briefing, Cooper had a grim message for people who were unvaccinated: "Get a vaccine today."

Cooper said he was hearing from ICU doctors who had patients on ventilators, begging for the vaccine when it was too late. With the recent spike in cases, Cooper said people who had not gotten a shot contributed to the spread of the virus.

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