Netherlands goes into strict lockdown for Christmas
The Netherlands will go into a strict lockdown over the Christmas and New Year period to try to contain the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant.
People do their Christmas shopping before the Dutch government's expected announcement of a "strict" Christmas lockdown to curb the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, in the city centre of Nijmegen, Netherlands, December 18, 2021.(photo credit: REUTERS/PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW)ByREUTERSUpdated: