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Watch live: Gov. Dunleavy holds COVID-19 briefing at 1 p.m. Wednesday

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy will discuss “measures the administration is taking to fight the COVID pandemic” in a briefing at 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to the governor’s office.

Dunleavy will be joined by Adam Crum, the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner; Dr. Anne Zink, the state’s chief medical officer; and Heidi Hedberg, director of the Division of Public Health.

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