Netherlands will go into lockdown over Christmas to try to stop an Omicron surge (File)

The Hague:

The Netherlands will go into “lockdown” over the Christmas period to try to stop a surge of the Omicron coronavirus variant, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Saturday.

“I stand here tonight in a sombre mood. To sum it up in one sentence, the Netherlands will go back into lockdown from tomorrow,” Rutte told a televised press conference.

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