The Netherlands returned to a partial lockdown on Saturday after a surge in the number of people testing positive for coronavirus.
Professional sports matches have been forced to play in empty stadiums and people are being urged to work from home as much as they can.
Social distancing measures have also been reintroduced as part of the lockdown, which is the first in Western Europe since a new wave of infections began surging across parts of the continent.on Friday, demonstrators also gathered in The Hague, where they were seen letting off smoke bombs in protest of the measures.
The Netherlands has recorded a total of 2,309,626 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, along with 19,138 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
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