SHANGHAI, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai reported six imported COVID-19 cases and no domestically-transmitted cases on Wednesday, the municipal health commission said Thursday.
Three of the patients were a family with a Chinese national and two of French nationality. They left France on Sept. 3, and arrived at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Sept. 4. They started to show symptoms during quarantine.
Two of the other three cases were Chinese nationals who worked in India and Singapore. Both arrived at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Monday. The third one is a Britain, who arrived at the same airport on Monday and started to show symptoms during quarantine.
All of the patients have been sent for treatment in designated hospitals. A total of 167 close contacts have been put under quarantine.
As of Wednesday, Shanghai had reported 587 confirmed imported cases and 342 locally transmitted cases. Enditem
