The study found that 39% of people who had never used sex toys before the pandemic are doing so now.
Dr Deborah Lee from Dr Fox Online Pharmacy told condoms.uk: “We are all too well aware of the need for good hygiene in the current throes of the Covid pandemic. Good hygiene is also paramount in terms of putting objects inside the vagina. Bacteria such as salmonella, shigella, E. Coli, and campylobacter can all be spread via the use of sex toys, as can hepatitis A, B and C, chlamydia, and gonorrhoea”.
Good sexual hygiene: How to clean sex toys, genitals, and avoid infections like UTIs and STIs