Shanghai reports three locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

SHANGHAI, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai reported three new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the first 17 hours of Thursday, according to local health authority.

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The cases have been transferred to the city's public health clinical center for treatment and are in stable condition, Wu Jinglei, director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, told a press conference on Thursday.

All the three cases have been inoculated with two COVID-19 vaccine doses and visited the city of Suzhou in east China's Jiangsu Province from Nov. 19 to 21.

As of 5 p.m. Thursday, a total of 27 close contacts in Shanghai went into quarantine for medical observation.

Relevant departments are carrying out epidemiological investigations and tracing the source of the infections.