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Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)A year ago today, Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert returned a positive COVID-19 test, triggering the sports shutdown of 2020.The backdrop: During the week prior, the U.S. had surpassed 100 cases (March 2), the world had surpassed 100,000 (March 6) and sports leagues had closed their locker rooms to media members.Timeline:Go deeper:Monday provided two major reasons for optimism about the global pandemic recovery.Driving the news: Real-world data from Israel was at least 97% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 cases, and President Biden signed a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will add a full percentage point to global economic growth this year.President Biden will direct all states and tribal governments to designate all adult Americans eligible for a vaccine no later than May 1, according to a senior administration official.Why it matters: It's part of the Biden administration's "wartime effort" to get the nation "closer to normal" by July 4. The announcement will be made during Biden's primetime address tonight on the American Rescue Plan Act. Texas Attorney General on Thursday against Austin authorities, seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent city and Travis County officials from enforcing a face mask mandate.Why it matters: The lawsuit claims that Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Travis County Judge Andy Brown and Mark Escott, interim medical director and health authority for the city, are illegally defying an order issued by last week that rescinded a statewide mask mandate.

Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)A year ago today, Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert returned a positive COVID-19 test, triggering the sports shutdown of 2020.The backdrop: During the week prior, the U.S. had surpassed 100 cases (March 2), the world had surpassed 100,000 (March 6) and sports leagues had closed their locker rooms to media members.Timeline:Go deeper:Monday provided two major reasons for optimism about the global pandemic recovery.Driving the news: Real-world data from Israel was at least 97% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 cases, and President Biden signed a $1.9...

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