HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NETHERLANDS

Parked bicycles outside of the GGD Paviljoen Amsterdam testing facility. People wait in line out to be tested outside of a GGD Covid-19 testing center facility, GGD is the Municipal Public Health Service in Amsterdam Zuid. The Netherlands was the first European nation that declared a lockdown to fight the new Omicron variant during the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic just before Christmas with bars, gyms, hairdressers and all the "non-essential" shops, museums, public venues etc closed until at least January 14. Amsterdam, the Netherlands on January 5, 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto) (Credit:Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)