The Latest: China easing into reopening as local cases wane

BEIJING — China says it has nine new confirmed coronavirus cases, all of them brought from outside the country, and no new deaths.Thursday’s report buttresses growing signs the virus has been essentially contained inside the nation in which it first appeared late last year.The near elimination of local virus transmission has allowed the reopening of most businesses and resumption of some social activities, including the holding of the crucial annual college entrance exams. Sports, to