A good number of the sex workers are staying off the business and clients, too, have stopped coming,” said Bishakha, president of Durbar Mahila Samannay Samiti (DMSS), Kolkata’s largest organisation for sex workers. Some sex workers have also refused clients who had symptoms of cough and cold. Mahashweta Mukherjee, liaison officer of the organisation, said that a section of sex workers has kept themselves confined. A sex worker said on Sunday that since the season is changing, many have symptoms of fever, cough, and sneezing. Officer-bearers of DMSS said that awareness campaign had been carried out among sex workers asking everyone to report symptoms of cough and cold.

Source: Hindustan Times March 16, 2020 04:41 UTC