Sex workers in a largely shut-down red light area in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. Photo: AFP Sex workers in a largely shut-down red light area in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Sex workers in a largely shut-down red light area in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Asia /  Southeast Asia

Desperate Thai sex workers like ‘Pim’ risk Covid-19 death just to pay rent

  • The already high risks of sex work in Thailand have rocketed as the virus spreads
  • Since Friday Thais have been under a 10pm to 4am curfew, with many bars closed

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 9:43pm, 5 Apr, 2020

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Sex workers in a largely shut-down red light area in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. Photo: AFP Sex workers in a largely shut-down red light area in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Sex workers in a largely shut-down red light area in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. Photo: AFP
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