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The white house and the cdc to update their guidance on mask usage. cnn's jacqueline howard is joining us now with some new cnn reporting. so where do we stand here? >> reporter: brianna, what we're really seeing here are states outpacing the federal government and making plans to lift mask mandates and roll back some other mitigation measures. we should have a list of states that have moved forward with setting a date on when some school mask mandates will be lifted. new jersey, connecticut, delaware, california and oregon as well. and so, brianna, for the latest on this, i did reach out to t...

Not yet vaccinated. i completely agree we need to keep schools open, they are more than an academic institution, provide social skills, emotional skills, safety, support, nutrition, health, activities, so many things for children but one thing that we do know is that masking allows schools to actually stay open in a safe way with these important mitigation measures in place. we know that you are much less likely to test positive if you -- >> so what do you say to that dr. noble? the point the doctor is saying, makes, when you look at hospitalizations, kids under the age five and they're not ye...

The last couple weeks, there's been close to 50%, roughly, increase in cases. and also an increase in hospitalizations, wolf. it's not clear exactly how closely those are linked, because typically hospitalizations follow cases. but yeah, i think we have to keep an eye on this and be ready so we're not surprised again. >> some indicators, as you well know, are already showing these signs, as you point out, of these increasing coronavirus trends here in the u.s. do you think we'll see mitigation measures have to be put back into place? >> well, i don't know, wolf, but, you know, there are these ...

Covid cases may be falling near the united states, but that they are climbing once again across europe. nearly half of all european countries reported spikes in infections over the past week which could be in part because of relaxed mitigation measures and the waning protection of vaccines. meanwhile the ceo of pfizer says a fourth shot which would amount to a second booster is necessary. the company plans to submit data to a fourth shod to the fda now. with me is a senior scholar at the johns hopkins for health security. are you concerned about what's going on in europe? >> it's too early to ...

Virus coming back. we'll need to revisit mitigation measures. i'm not sure of the month without masks has been worth it. >> the waste water metric has really been an effective one. dr. jonathan reiner, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. and coming up, cnn takes an in-depth look at one of russia's most brutal attacks so far in this war and debunks the russian claims that it's bombing of a maternity hospital was legitimate. we'll have the new investigation for you up next. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist.