Up in smoke: Coronavirus closures hit Dutch coffeeshops

 Tre at Amsterdam’s famed weed-selling coffeeshops suddenly went up in smoke Sunday night after government ordered m closed along with all or restaurants and bars in latest move to rein in spre of coronavirus.

Queues quickly formed outside coffeeshops in Dutch capital and elsewhere as customers -- some facing three weeks of school or work -- decided to buy some pot while y still could. closures are set to last until at least April 6.

One woman, a health care worker who declined to give her name because of her job, said she rushed out after watching a livestream of a government press conference anuncing new restrictions. Health Care Minister Bru Bruins me a point of mentioning that coffeeshops would be included in closures.

“I don’t smoke much, but I thought if I have to sit inside for three weeks,” she told an Associated Press photographer as she waited patiently in line outside Bullwackie coffeeshop in sourn Amsterdam, where menu includes a gram of Dutch “Amnesia” weed for 10 euros ($11).