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BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Two new cases of the Omicron variant were detected in the central Chinese city of Changsha from arrivals into the country, state-backed media Xinhua reported on Saturday (Dec 18) citing the municipal government. The provincial capital of Hunan is the latest place to discover the highly contagious variant in incoming travellers, after the southern province of Guangdong and the northern metropolis of Tianjin reported cases earlier this month. The infected people never left closed-loop quarantine controls and are being treated in hospitals, according to local health authorities. Omicron has put China’s Covid-zero strategy under pressure, although no...
