Coronavirus at the latest: One million school children in England isolate themselves at home

The US recession due to the coronavirus pandemic lasted two months, making it the shortest downturn since recording. The National Bureau of Economic Research, which is the official judge of when and for how long recessions occurred, said Monday that the economy bottomed out in April 2020.

Andrew Lloyd Webber has canceled the opening of his new West End musical Cinderella in front of a full audience and accuses the “blunt instrument” of the state’s self-isolation rules. The performance of the show on Monday night, when all distancing restrictions in England were lifted, was after a Performers tested positive.

Florida Congressman Vern Buchanan announced that despite being fully vaccinated, he tested positive for Covid-19. The diagnosis comes against the background of rising coronavirus infections in Florida, which has one in five new cases reported in the United States last week.

Iran will have two of its kind this week main provinces, including its capital, as authorities tightened travel restrictions in most of the country. The six-day shutdown from Tuesday will focus on Tehran and its neighbor Alborz and will close banks and state institutions, leading to travel bans in most of Iran’s provinces.

Movie theater owners in the US beat up Disney for making Marvel’s Black widow available simultaneously on the screen and its streaming platform. The National Association of Theater Owners wrote the “breathtaking” second weekend breakdown in box office revenue ”on Disney’s decision to stream the film.

Have executives in medium-sized American companies become very optimistic on the outlook for the US economy and its own business, according to a survey by JPMorgan Chase, which also questions predictions of a collapse in the office property market. Business confidence is at its highest level in a decade.

Stonegate, the UK’s largest pub group, is suing for losses it suffered during the pandemic. in a bitter argument between the hotel and insurance industry. The firm, backed by private equity group TDR Capital, is seeking £ 845 million from MS Amlin, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe and Zurich.

Taiwan approved its first domestic Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, stepping up the country’s efforts to vaccinate its 23.6 million residents. A committee of health officials and scientists granted Emergency use authorization against MVC-COV1901, a vaccine developed by Medigen, a Taiwanese pharmaceutical company.