Kissing off menu as lockdown ends for Dutch sex workers


  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 Jul 2020

Sex worker Moira Mona gestures in her studio in Hilversum, Netherlands June 30, 2020. Picture taken June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch sex workers welcomed customers back on Wednesday as the Netherlands further eased coronavirus measures, but they were advised to avoid heavy breathing and kissing to help reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19.

Erotic dancers and prostitutes lost their main source of income for three-and-a-half months and generally did not have access to state support during lockdown.

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