19 December 2021. Two new cases of the omicron variant were detected in the central Chinese city of Changsha from arrivals into the country. Meanwhile, a local outbreak of non-omicron coronavirus continues to grow. China reported 44 locally transmitted cases on Sunday in Zhejiang, Shaanxi and Guangdong.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-19/china-finds-imported-omicron-cases-in-new-city-as-outbreak-grows