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<p>DeeLeverett4: Created page with &quot;&lt;br&gt;By Bart H. Meijer&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;AMSTERDAM, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Shopkeepers in the Netherlands on Tuesday were grappling with the effects of a new lockdown, which meant they sudde...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;br&gt;By Bart H. Meijer&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;AMSTERDAM, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Shopkeepers in the Netherlands on Tuesday were grappling with the effects of a new lockdown, which meant they suddenly had to close their doors in what should have been the busiest and most lucrative part of the year.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;Obviously it is a big loss, this time of year is extremely important to us&quot;, said Robert Reuter, the owner of City Diamonds in the center of Amsterdam.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;It is a very hard decision, it is bitter for us, but I think it is necessary.&quot;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday night announced a tough second lockdown in the Netherlands, in a push to drive down the coronavirus infection rate, which has rapidly moved back to record levels in the past week.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;All schools and non-essential shops in the country of 17 million will be closed for at least five weeks, along with hairdressers, beauty salons, gyms, museums, zoos and other public spaces.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;National shopkeepers association InRetail warned this move could have &quot;disastrous&quot; effects for the shops concerned.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;The impact is enormous&quot;, it said in a statement.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;For many shops this is more than they can bear.&quot;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Hairdresser Micaela Poma, who works at a small hair salon in the center of Amsterdam, told Reuters her shop would indeed lose a lot of money over the Christmas period, which would normally guarantee a full house for weeks.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;Christmas time is very important for us, so this will be a big miss&quot;, the 31-year old from Bergamo, Italy, said.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Poma said she and her colleagues worked until midnight on Monday to serve the dozens of clients who rushed to get a [https://tinyurl.com/yarxmwgd haircut] before the lockdown went into effect, and were spending much of Tuesday declining requests from others who still wanted to be served.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands jumped by 36% in the week through Tuesday to 58,412, Dutch national health institute RIVM said, while COVID-19 related [http://search.about.com/?q=hospital%20admissions hospital admissions] rose by 20%.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Infections increased among all age groups, but were most prominent between the ages of 13 to 24, the RIVM said.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;(Reporting by Bart Meijer and Piroschka van de Wouw, Editing by Nick Zieminski)&lt;br&gt;</div>

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<p>DeeLeverett4: Created page with &quot;Hello from Netherlands. I'm glad to came here. My first name is Dee. &lt;br&gt;I live in a city called Haarlem in western Netherlands.&lt;br&gt;I was also born in Haarlem 23 years ago. Ma...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>Hello from Netherlands. I'm glad to came here. My first name is Dee. &lt;br&gt;I live in a city called Haarlem in western Netherlands.&lt;br&gt;I was also born in Haarlem 23 years ago. Married in April year 2002. I'm working at the university.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My page ... [https://tinyurl.com/yarxmwgd haircut]</div>

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