Sylvia Lederer News Today

The Omicron coronavirus variant has been detected in test samples taken in the Netherlands from Nov. 19 to 23 this year, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) announced on Tuesday.

As winter arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, the European Union (EU) fears a new wave of COVID-19 infections. The level of concern for the COVID-19 situation in the EU was rated at 8.3 of 10, or "very high" last Friday by the European Center for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC).

The sea level off the Dutch coast could rise by 1.2 meters around 2100 compared to the beginning of this century if the greenhouse gas emissions do not reduce. As the melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet at the South Pole accelerates, the KNMI said "even a 2-meter rise in sea level by 2100 is in sight."