Amsterdam: Cops use water cannons to disperse mob as protests intensify over COVID curbs

People in Amsterdam took to streets to protest against Dutch government for imposing lockdown. According to reports by AP, Dutch police h to use water canns on hundreds of people as situation worsened. Amsterdam police said that riot police took action to disperse crowd as people were t hering to social distancing rms. 

Protests in Amsterdam

“Because of danger to public health, it is important that everybody sticks to measures in force. demonstrators are t doing that”, said municipality. protests took place when ministers were meeting in Hague to discuss options to curb spre of dely coronavirus. options also included imposing a curfew for first time since pandemic began. 

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Nerlands h imposed various or measures as well to curb spre of virus. More than a dozen British nationals were barred from entering Nerlands from January 1 and UK citizens living in Spain were also prohibited from boarding flights because Britain is longer exempted from COVID-19-related restrictions on n-essential travel outside of European Union (EU) since Brexit. As per Guardian report, a Dutch border spokesperson confirmed on January 4 that nearly 13 UK citizens h been sent back from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport since January 1 because ir trips were t essential and y were w subjected to third-country coronavirus regulations.

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