Greek sex workers criticise COVID safety guidelines

Transgender sex worker and manager of the "Red Umbrella" support group for sex workers Anna Kouroupou sits in her living room, after the Greek government released health and safety guidelines for sex workers against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Athens, Greece, June 15, 2020. Picture taken June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek sex workers are concerned that new health and safety guidelines to protect them and their clients against the coronavirus will harm their business.

Regulations which came into force on June 15 urge sex workers to keep names and contact numbers of customers, who will lose the anonymity they previously sought.