Ricketts said he was focused on ensuring the hospital had adequate capacity to deal with the Gavid-1 case.In Arkansas, Governor Asa Hutchinson said the federal vaccination mandate undermines efforts to overcome public resistance to the Covid-19 vaccine.The Republican governor is reluctant to persuade Arkansas residents to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. But appearing on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, Hutchinson said a broader federal vaccination mandate "strengthens resistance."

