Decision on mask guidance is imminent, source says – CNN

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Asa Hutchinson says he doesn’t plan to impose a mask mandate nor a vaccine mandate in Arkansas at this time, despite the state’s rising Covid-19 cases that health experts have compared to a “raging forest fire.””,”descriptionText”:”Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he doesn’t plan to impose a mask mandate nor a vaccine mandate in Arkansas at this time, despite the state’s rising Covid-19 cases that health experts have compared to a “raging forest fire.””},{“title”:”Dr. Fauci weighs in on if US should collaborate with Wuhan labs in future”,”duration”:”03:13″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/health/2021/07/25/dr-fauci-nih-research-china-tapper-sotu-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”health/2021/07/25/dr-fauci-nih-research-china-tapper-sotu-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210725103422-dr-fauci-nih-research-china-tapper-sotu-vpx-00023404-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/health/2021/07/25/dr-fauci-nih-research-china-tapper-sotu-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/”,”description”:”Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke about the possibility of future NIH collaboration with labs in China – like the Wuhan labs – after officials overseeing an intelligence review into the origins of the coronavirus now believe u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/16/politics/biden-intel-review-covid-origins/index.html” target=”_blank”>the lab leak theory u003c/a>is at least a credible explanation for Covid-19’s origins. “,”descriptionText”:”Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke about the possibility of future NIH collaboration with labs in China – like the Wuhan labs – after officials overseeing an intelligence review into the origins of the coronavirus now believe u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/16/politics/biden-intel-review-covid-origins/index.html” target=”_blank”>the lab leak theory u003c/a>is at least a credible explanation for Covid-19’s origins. “},{“title”:”US Covid-19 cases rise 65% in 1 week”,”duration”:”02:53″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/health/2021/07/24/covid-delta-variant-us-case-rise-sandoval-dnt-ndwknd-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”health/2021/07/24/covid-delta-variant-us-case-rise-sandoval-dnt-ndwknd-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210719174749-hospital-0127-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/health/2021/07/24/covid-delta-variant-us-case-rise-sandoval-dnt-ndwknd-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/”,”description”:”The US is now averaging more than 43,000 cases of Covid-19 a day as the Delta variant fuels a 65% jump in cases. 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