RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The city council of North Carolina’s capital city has voted to cancel or postpone parades, road races and festivals that were scheduled to be held in the city through October due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Raleigh City Council’s vote on Tuesday will affect five events, including the Raleigh Tamale Festival and the Downtown Raleigh Food Truck Rodeo, The News & Observer reported.
Raleigh City Manager Ruffin Hall told the newspaper the cancellations were “necessary given the circumstances” of the virus outbreak. There are more than 6,400 confirmed coronavirus cases in Wake County, where the city of Raleigh is located, according to the county’s website.
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