A GERMAN brothel has turned into a Covid testing centre amid a stuttering vaccine rollout in the country. Sex workers at the Beehive love centre in Heidelberg, south west Germany, have stepped in to help with the national fight against the virus. The ladies check passers-by free of charge in front of the bordello. Jenny, […]
A GERMAN brothel has turned into a Covid testing centre amid a stuttering vaccine rollout in the country.
Sex workers at the Beehive love centre in Heidelberg, south west Germany, have stepped in to help with the national fight against the virus.
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The ladies check passers-by free of charge in front of the bordello.
Jenny, 45, one of 25 women who works at the brothel, was trained by health workers to carry out the swab testing.
She told Bild: “I wear a mask, gloves and a protective gown. I don’t usually appear that covered.
“I also do this on a voluntary basis, although I currently only have to live on around 400 euros a month. “
Jenny added: “In my job, I also have to be sensitive, I mustn’t have any reservations. And now I’m just putting test sticks into my noses, ”says Jenny pragmatically.”
The rapid swab test takes seconds to administer and the results are available on the patient’s mobile phone after around 20 minutes.
Brothel boss Kalle, 59, made their establishment available for testing free of charge, adding: “We want to make a contribution to combating the pandemic and the people do something good.”
After a sluggish rollout across the EU, Germany’s vaccine scheme is gathering pace.
Nearly 20 million people have received one shot of the Covid jab while nearly nine million have been given two shots.
Germany eased restrictions on people who are fully vaccinated or have recovered from the virus yesterday, lifting curfews and quarantine rules as well as the obligation to provide a negative test result to visit a hairdresser, zoo or to go shopping.
