China reports 18 new Covid-19 cases, all imported

A man receives the Anhui Zhifei Longcom Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province on May 21, 2021. - AFP

SHANGHAI (Reuters): China reported 18 new Covid-19 cases on May 23, down from 19 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Monday (May 24).

The National Health Commission said in its daily bulletin that all of the new cases were imported infections. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, reached 22, down from 25 a day earlier.