The red light district in Amsterdam is to reopen on Wednesday with prostitutes expected to wear gloves and avoid oral sex. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte gave the sex industry, which is deemed as a 'contact' profession, the green light to restart after the number of coronavirus deaths fell into single figures. The news has been welcomed by sex workers, many of which have faced financial hardship when they were unable to work during the lockdown. For this reason, late last month Red Light United, a union for red light district window workers, wrote to the government to urge it the reopen the sex industry earlier than the original date of September 1. It set out measures which it expects sex workers to use to help protect themselves and clients, such as wearing latex gloves and mouth masks.

Source: Daily Mail June 28, 2020 08:43 UTC