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The world is having far less sex using condoms during the pandemic

Peer educators compete to inflate condoms during a ‘condom olympics’ presided over by self-declared ‘Africa King of Condoms’, Stanley Ngara, a Kenyan national, during a World AIDS Day commemoration at the Kenyatta University campus in Nairobi on Dec 01, 2021. The world is having far less sex using condoms during the pandemic, Nikkei Asia reported on Monday. (AFP file photo)

The world’s largest maker of condoms hasn’t been spared from the coronavirus pandemic as the use of its products slumped as much as 40% in the last two years.

Sexual activity using the contraceptive didn’t increase even as people stayed home amid lockdowns to curb the spread of the virus, Nikkei Asia reported, citing Karex Bhd’s Chief Executive Officer Goh Miah Kiat.

The closure of hotels and non-essential clinics such as…

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