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New threats emerge in outbreak while China voices optimism

by Associated Press
| February 20, 2020 6:05 AM

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health officials expressed new optimism Thursday over the deadly virus outbreak while authorities in South Korea’s fourth-largest city urged residents to hunker down as fears nagged communities far from the illness’ epicenter.

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