Netherlands to shut down at night in coronavirus battle

The Netherlands will be “effectively closed” in the evenings with bars, restaurants and shops shutting early to curb a spike in Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday.Dozens of protesters held a peaceful demonstration in The Hague as Rutte tightened the country’s partial lockdown and hospitals warned they were being overwhelmed.But fears of a repeat of the riots that swept the country last weekend over the government’s coronavirus restrictions proved, for the time being,…

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