5-Week lockdown in the Netherlands before Christmas season

First day of the five-week lockdown in the Netherlands. Daily life as seen in the commercial area, mall and squares in Eindhoven city. The prime minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte announced earlier this week the new measures against the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The Dutch government imposed the new lockdown measures to fight the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, with limiting gatherings but also closing the shops. All public places including daycare centers, gyms, pools, museums, zoos, cinemas, hairdressers, beauty salons, public markets and non-essential shops will close until January 19 of 2021 along with the schools that will close until Jan. 18. The Netherlands has recorded more than 600,000 cases and 10,000 deaths during the coronavirus pandemic. Eindhoven, The Netherlands on December 16, 2020