Netherlands PM Announces Christmas "Lockdown" From Today Over Omicron Scare

"To sum it up in one sentence, the Netherlands will go back into lockdown from tomorrow," Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.

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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