Barking mad: Dutch buy delivery uniforms, borrow dogs online to dodge curfew

A file photo of an Uber Eats food delivery courier's backpack in front of a fast food in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Some Dutch are so averse to being cooped up indoors during pandemic lockdown that they have resorted to buying empty delivery boxes and delivery companies' uniforms online. — Reuters

AMSTERDAM: Fears of being cooped up during a curfew have led the Dutch to resort to creative ways to dodge the rules, with people signing up for borrow-a-dog services online and ordering the uniforms of home delivery companies.

From Saturday, a nightly curfew to try and curb the pandemic starting at 21:00 (20:00 GMT) and running until 04:30 will be imposed, the first nationwide curfew since World War Two.