Dozens of sex workers who hold their so-called "stall" in the area around the building of the Macedonian Radio and Television, bridged the night work, so now they work only during the day. The reason for this new situation, as some women claim, is the small number of clients in the evening since the coronavirus spread in the country.
They say that there were a small number of clients during the summer, and the same situation was until ten days ago when they agreed to "work" only during the day. Some of them say that because of the coronavirus they feel safer when they work during the day, and in the evening, they had problems with the police who "hunted" them, as well as the customers.
- After the coronavirus spread, the number of customers decreased in the evening. Men started not coming as they used to. It happened that in one night there were five to six customers, so there was an argument between the girls that would serve him. Exactly the small number of clients led first some girls, and then all to reduce the prices of services. Before the crown, the sexual service cost from 15 to 17 euros. Today the price is halved. Many customers do not have condoms, so we have to buy, have to give them. When the purchased condoms are deducted from the earned money, then Esap says that we are working for 6-7 euros. Shame not shame, we also work for a crust of bread and we have to work during the day otherwise we will starve - says 37-year-old Suzana, a sex worker from Skopje.
Her "roommate" Ajnura, who claims to be 23 years old and was born in Tetovo, while warming herself on the fire on the sidewalk on the quay of Vardar, says that many of the girls, including her, were scared of the coronavirus.
- In the evening where you have time to see if someone is sick or healthy. You look to get the job done faster. At night we could not see if any client was wearing a mask, if he was coughing and if he was not accidentally ill. Now, after working during the day, it is easier to notice those things. "And our friends who guard us during the day can more easily notice if any of the passers-by or the clients are causing us a problem, so they can react," said the young girl.
About twenty sex workers work along the sidewalks on the street "Dimitar Vlahov" starting from the building of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts to the building of the Macedonian Radio and Television. They are divided into camps, or as they claim by mutual knowledge and friendship.
The younger girls who are engaged in the oldest craft in the world "hold" the area right around the MKC, while in middle age they are deployed from the MRT building to the nearby gas station.
Most sex workers say that once they start working during the day, they feel safer, and in time they notice police patrols who often chase their "businesses" with customers.

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