(Yicai Global) May 4 -- Shanghai has discovered two imported novel coronavirus cases as of yesterday, taking the eastern city's imported case total to 316, the municipal health commission said this morning.

The two cases are both Chinese citizens who traveled back to China from the United Arab Emirates, according to the commission.

Authorities have traced 46 people who had been in contact with these people during their journeys and placed them under quarantine, the public health authority added.

The commission logged no new confirmed cases that would have been domestically transmitted as of yesterday. It also reported zero asymptomatic cases under observation.

Editor: Emmi Laine