confusion was exacerbated by the fact that on top of a home office form a notice was put up to sickness. from 4am on tuesday. no official to say this will start from 4am on tuesday. the health secretary says he cannot be definite on the timing because he s working with the four nations to firm up one of those tests will come in exactly. thank you. health authorities in the netherlands have confirmed 13 people who arrived on flights from south africa earlier this week have tested postive for the omicron variant. they were among 61 passengers who were in quarantine after being identified as having covid i9 when they arrived in the country. anna holligan is in amsterdam. and anna, we ve just had an update from the dutch health authorities. we have. the netherlands is now the new variant hotspot in europe, more cases confirmed than any other country. the dutch health minister
that s coming up at 3:20 this afternoon. $$$ dutch health authorities have announced 13 cases dutch health authorities have announced 13 cases of the new 0micron coronavirus variant have been found in the netherlands among passengers that were on flights from south africa earlier this week. they were among 600 passengers who were held for several hours at amersterdam s schiphol airport while they were tested for the virus. in total, 61 people who were onboard the flights are infected with covid 19 and are in isolation. the country s health minister says it s very possible more cases of the new variant will be found among them. anna holligan is in amsterdam. the netherlands is now the new variant hotspot in europe. more cases confirmed here than any other country. so the dutch health minister has, in the last hour, been updating people. 13 cases confirmed so far of the 0micron variant. but they re still conducting more sequencing tests so there could be more to follow. now these passeng
minister said it is possible more cases of the new variant will be identified among those passengers. the netherlands is now the new variant hotspot in europe. more cases confirmed here than any other country. the dutch health minister has come in the last hour been updating people. 13 cases confirmed so far of the omicron variant, but they are still conducting sequencing tests, so they could be more to follow. they arrived in the netherlands on friday and 61 tested positive for covid. they have been taken into isolation. those flights are still arriving. one came in from johannesburg and another from cape town. that is causing a lot of concern here because the netherlands is already battling a record breaking infection rate. in fact, new measures come into play, bars, restaurants cafes are