A woman wearing a mask looks out of a window during a rally of prostitutes demanding the reopening of Germany's brothels, amid the the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the famous red light district Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
HAMBURG (Reuters) - Prostitutes demonstrated in Hamburg's red light district late on Saturday evening demanding that Germany's brothels be allowed to reopen after months of closure to curb the spread of coronavirus.
With shops, restaurants and bars all open again in Germany, where prostitution is legal, sex workers say they are being singled out and deprived of their livelihoods despite not posing a greater health risk.
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