January 15, 2022

A total of 14 provincial-level places in China have reported imported Omicron cases, and of them, cases in three provinces and one municipality are locally transmitted cases with the Omicron variant. An official from China's top public health body said that China faces dual challenges of imported Delta, Omicron variants, and its epidemic prevention and control work confronts a severe situation as the Spring Festival travel rush is approaching.

At least three Chinese provinces and one municipality have reported locally transmitted Omicron variant, with Zhongshan and Zhuhai in South China's Guangdong Province being the latest places. City of Zhongshan, with roughly 4.4 million people, started city-wide testing and imposing control on inbound and outbound non-Zhongshan vehicles since Friday.

The Omicron case in Zhongshan is linked to cases in Zhuhai, which reported seven locally-transmitted Omicron cases on Friday.

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