A growing Covid-19 cluster in China's Dalian has spurred the northeastern port city to limit outbound travel, cut offline school classes and close a few cultural venues after being told by national authorities to contain the outbreak more quickly.
Dalian reported 52 locally transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms yesterday, a daily count higher than any other Chinese city affected in an ongoing nationwide outbreak since mid-October, and more than doubling from 21 cases a day earlier, official data showed/ A total of 1,149 local cases were found in China between 17 October and 11 November.
While the number is tiny compared with many outbreaks outside the country, local authorities have exerted resources to put out the flare-up with