Sex workers in this country stopped work for a week with the demand for vaccines

- Sex workers in the southeastern Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte have also been on strike for a week.

New delhi date. Thursday, April 8, 2021

Vaccination has been accelerated around the world following a new wave of corona. In the midst of all this, sex workers in Africa have started protesting. They are also demanding that sex workers be given priority in the corona virus vaccination process.

In fact, many countries have made it a priority to vaccinate against corona, and a vaccination campaign is underway. Sex workers in the city of Belo Horizonte in southeastern Brazil have also been on strike for a week. They are demanding that they be included in the priority list of vaccines and given the vaccine.

It is learned that the hotel has been closed due to the Corona epidemic following the Belo Horizonte demonstration in the city and they have to rent a room. Minas Gerais State Union president Cida Vieira said they are standing in the frontline and are frontline workers.

Vieira was seen protesting with his fellow women. According to another woman sitting on the picket, they are part of the primary group because, every day, they meet different people and risk their lives.

According to another sex worker, the government has already included health workers, teachers, elders and people who are already sick in the vaccine priority group so they also want to be included.