There may be trouble ahead as dangerous Covid-19 variant appears to cause hospitalization spike in a Missouri city – CNN

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Tate Reeves tells CNN’s u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jake-tapper-profile” target=”_blank”>Jake Tapperu003c/a> he’s encouraging citizens to take the coronavirus vaccine. Reeves, however, downplayed his state’s low vaccination rate by citing its declining Covid-19 cases, despite the fact that health officials warn states with low vaccination rates u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html” target=”_blank”>may be vulnerable to another outbreaku003c/a>.”,”descriptionText”:”Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves tells CNN’s u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jake-tapper-profile” target=”_blank”>Jake Tapperu003c/a> he’s encouraging citizens to take the coronavirus vaccine. 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Hear his response “,”duration”:”04:37″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/health/2021/06/03/dr-fauci-emails-coronavirus-origin-berman-newday-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”health/2021/06/03/dr-fauci-emails-coronavirus-origin-berman-newday-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210603083441-dr-fauci-newday-vpx-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/health/2021/06/03/dr-fauci-emails-coronavirus-origin-berman-newday-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/”,”description”:”Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses some of the published emails he sent and received near the start of the coronavirus pandemic, including an email from an executive at a company that funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. “,”descriptionText”:”Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses some of the published emails he sent and received near the start of the coronavirus pandemic, including an email from an executive at a company that funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. “},{“title”:” Scientist reveals how she celebrated successful vaccine trials”,”duration”:”03:57″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/health/2020/12/15/katalin-karik-biontech-senior-vice-president-mrna-cpt-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”health/2020/12/15/katalin-karik-biontech-senior-vice-president-mrna-cpt-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/201214193525-katalin-karik-12-14-2020-cpt-vpx-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/health/2020/12/15/katalin-karik-biontech-senior-vice-president-mrna-cpt-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/”,”description”:”CNN’s u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/chris-cuomo-profile” target=”_blank”>Chris Cuomou003c/a> speaks to Katalin Karikó, a senior vice president at BioNTech whose research in mRNA technology helped pave the way for the coronavirus vaccine. “,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/chris-cuomo-profile” target=”_blank”>Chris Cuomou003c/a> speaks to Katalin Karikó, a senior vice president at BioNTech whose research in mRNA technology helped pave the way for the coronavirus vaccine. “}],’js-video_headline-featured-2ac29wj’,”,”js-video_source-featured-2ac29wj”,true,true,’coronavirus’);if (typeof configObj.context !== ‘string’ || configObj.context.length