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cnn newsroom. back to our top story. the omicron variant of coronavirus is threatening to send america s covid surge into overdrive. the country s already seeing spikes in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the delta variant. omicron is expected to become the dominant strain in the coming weeks. hospitals are stretched thin and one expert warns there s a tsunami coming for unvaccinated people. meanwhile, some countries have already reached the tipping point less than a month after omicron was first identified. a short time ago, the uk health secretary reported that omicron is now the dominant strain in england. now, the uk isn t alone in battling surging covid infections. the countries across europe are taking distraction action in an attempt to control the spread and some of those measures are being met with anger in the streets. so for more on this, let s turn to cnn contributor, barbie nadeau. and barbie, let s start with the netherlands, going into lockdown yet again. t