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Shanghai reports 3 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, 8 new imported cases

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SHANGHAI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai reported three new locally transmitted confirmed cases of COVID-19 and eight new imported confirmed cases on Friday, the municipal health commission said on Saturday.

The imported cases are currently undergoing treatment in medical institutions and their 73 close contacts have been put under centralized quarantine.

All of the locally transmitted cases were close contacts of a confirmed case reported on Thursday. Their nucleic acid tests showed positive for COVID-19 on Friday.

So far, 75 of their close contacts have been traced and placed under medical observation in designated facilities. The places they visited have been disinfected.

As of Friday, 1,277 imported confirmed cases and 358 locally transmitted confirmed cases had been reported in Shanghai. Enditem

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