COVID-19: A team of 18 medical experts arrive in China's Dalian

China's National Health Commission has dispatched a team of 18 medical experts to the city of Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning Province. The team arrived in the city on Thursday evening. 

Dalian City reported two more confirmed cases of COVID-19 and another 12 asymptomatic cases on Thursday.  

The city government told a press conference that the new cases were found after a case of local transmission was reported on Wednesday, prompting the city to launch an epidemiological investigation into the patient's close contacts.

Luo Weixing, deputy secretary general of Dalian municipal CPC Committee, said one of the three confirmed cases and all the asymptomatic cases were related to a factory of a seafood processing company.

The factory has been shut down and all its employees quarantined. Nucleic acid tests are being conducted on employees, facilities and surrounding areas.

According to the local media reports, the team of experts started playing their part in containment efforts immediately after their arrival.