The prime minister obeys coronavirus restrictions against visiting care homes.
OBEDIENT. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte looks on during a press conference in The Hague on April 15, 2020. Photo by Bart Maat/AFP
The news about Rutte emerged as Britain was gripped by a political row over allegations that the top aide to premier Boris JohnsonRutte on Monday announced the death of 96-year-old Mieke Rutte-Dilling in a home in The Hague on May 13, nearly two months after the government shut all such institutions to the public on March 20.
His mother did not die of coronavirus although there had earlier been an outbreak of the disease in the home where she was living, Dutch media reported. "We have now said goodbye to her in a family circle and hope to be able to deal with this great loss in peace in the near future," he added.
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