Shanghai reports 14 new imported COVID-19 cases

Staff members disinfect the seats at a movie theater in Shanghai, east China, July 19, 2020.(Xinhua/Ren Long)

SHANGHAI, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai reported 14 new imported COVID-19 cases and no increase in domestically transmitted cases on Monday, the municipal health commission said Tuesday.

The imported cases were all Chinese nationals working overseas.

All the 14 cases have been transferred to designated medical institutions for treatment, and 202 close contacts of the patients on the same flights have been put under quarantine.

As of Monday, Shanghai had reported 500 confirmed imported cases and 342 locally transmitted cases.