Virus Cases Drop In China

BEIJING (AP) – China is reporting another encouraging number in the virus epidemic, with a daily tally of 125 new cases. That’s even lower than the six-week low reported a day earlier. But elsewhere, the problem continues to grow, with mushrooming outbreaks in Iran, South Korea and Italy. In the United States, concern was increasing along with the number of infected people, which tops 100 in 11 states. President Donald Trump met with pharmaceutical executives to push the search for a vaccine while lawmakers on Capitol Hill neared an agreement on emergency funding for virus relief.