checkjs doesn't allow type annotations with types from required modules

[akdor1154]

TypeScript Version: 2..5.2

Code

npm install --save-dev typescript @types/express
npm install --save express

tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs",
    "allowJs": true, 
    "checkJs": true,
    "strict": true  
  }
}

test.js

const localExpressName = require('express');
/**
 * @type {localExpressName.Application}
 */
let app;

Expected behavior:
app is typed as an express Application.

Actual behavior:

error TS2503: Cannot find namespace 'localExpressName'.

app is hence typed as any.

[DanielRosenwasser]

Looks like a duplicate of #16489.

[akdor1154]

does indeed, sorry.