Table 3.

Effects of COVID-19 restrictions on participants (N = 193)

	N	%
Heard of COVID-19	191	99.0
Taking special measures to protect yourself from getting infected with COVID-19
Yes	191	99.0
Using face mask more often	153	80.1
Washing hands more often using soap and (running) water	132	69.1
Disinfecting hands using hand sanitizer	76	39.8
Staying at home more	59	30.9
Social distancing	34	17.6
Safer interactions with clients*	20	10.5
Other	2
Concerned to get COVID-19
Very concerned	43	22.3
Somewhat concerned	59	30.6
Not concerned at all	91	47.2
COVID-19 state of emergency affected ability to get any needed healthcare	160	82.9
COVID-19 state of emergency affected ability to get PrEP medication from the study when need it
No	176	91.2
Yes	17	8.8
Difficulty in travelling to pick up PrEP	9	52.9
Moved out of Kisumu	5	29.4
Had other priorities	1	5.9
Other	6	35.3
COVID-19 state of emergency affected how people treat you because you are a sex worker
Increase in stigma/discrimination	33	17.1
Decrease in stigma/discrimination	13	6.7
No change in stigma/discrimination	147	76.2
Experienced any violence from a client or a regular/main non-paying partner during the COVID-19 pandemic	28	14.5
COVID-19 state of emergency in Kenya affected your income and access to basic needs like food	178	92.2
COVID-19 state of emergency affected the amount of money you charge to clients
Decrease in payment	153	79.3
Increase in payment	8	4.1
No change in payment	32	16.6
COVID-19 pandemic affected work with paid sexual partners or clients in any way
Decrease in number of clients	162	83.9
Decrease in interactions with clients	64	33.2
Meeting location has changed	140	72.5
Sex location has changed	141	73.1

*Safer interactions with clients include avoiding kissing, not accepting clients who are coughing or sneezing, wearing a mask, asking clients to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer before having sex, not shaking hands, where meeting or having sex with clients