Omicron moves across Europe. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story December 1, 2021 By Natasha Frost Writer, Briefings Good morning. We're covering the Omicron variant in Europe and the tumbling Turkish lira. Travelers from South Africa being tested for Covid-19 on arrival at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Remko De Waal/ANP, via Agence France-Presse Omicron moves across Europe The discovery of the Omicron variant in more than 10 European countries, including Denmark, the Netherlands and Britain, adds further pressure for a continent already buckling under the strain of Covid . In Austria, Germany and the Netherlands, infection rates have already surged to double those of last winter's peak. Two KLM flights from South Africa to Europe may have contributed to the spread of the new variant, about which little is known. Of the more than 60 passengers who tested positive for the virus, at least 14 had Omicron , according to Dutch officials. Andrea A