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Netherlands Accelerates Easing With Hairdressers, Nail Salons Next to Reopen

Rutte joins Germany’s Merkel, others in restarting the economy
Hairdressers to start next week, bars to follow June 1

People have dinner in a so-called quarantine greenhouses in Amsterdam on May 5. — People have dinner in a so-called quarantine greenhouses in Amsterdam on May 5.
Photographer: Robin van Lonkhuijson/AFP via Getty Images

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By Wout Vergauwen

May 6, 2020 at 1:37 PM EDT

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The Netherlands will allow hairdressers, nail salons and beauty parlors to start work again on May 11, accelerating its plan to reopen more of the economy by at least a week amid signs the coronavirus outbreak is under control.