As Iowa hospitals are seeing a substantial increase in coronavirus patients, the state's Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has reversed course on her longtime opposition to a statewide mask mandate and enacting a limited version of one on Monday.
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds updates the state's response to the coronavirus outbreak during a news conference in Johnston, Iowa.
Reynolds says she will announce "new steps to fight the virus" during a televised speech on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. One of every 100 residents of Iowa received a positive COVID-19 diagnosis in the week that ended on Sunday, and hospitals are starting to fill up.
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