Dutch PM Rutte: ban on public gatherings is "intelligent lockdown"
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The Dutch government on Monday said it would strengthen an existing ban on public gatherings and extend it until June 1 as the Netherlands grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, in what Prime Minister Mark Rutte termed a “targeted lockdown”.