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Europe Tightens Rules, Calls for Sacrifice as Virus Cases Rise
- Netherlands closes restaurants, bans evening alcohol sales
- U.K., Italy and Czech Republic add new curbs to contain spread
A health worker administers a Covid-19 swab test on a traveler after arriving on a coach in Berlin, Oct. 12.
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European governments are adding new restrictions and calling on citizens to make sacrifices in a bid to contain a record increase in coronavirus cases, with the Czech Republic closing schools and the Netherlands shutting down virtually all nighttime activity.
Saying measures needed to stop the virus “will hurt,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced what he called a “partial lockdown” on Tuesday evening, with sales of alcohol to be banned after 8 p.m. and bars, restaurants and coffee shops to be closed altogether. Citizens are being urged to avoid public transportation where possible.