REUTERS: Sex toy sales take off amid Colombia's coronavirus quarantine →

Gerson Monje holds up his cellphone to proudly show off his online sex shop. A red banner reading “sold out!” is plastered across half of the products. While most Colombian businesses suffer during a five-week lockdown meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus, one online industry has seen an explosion in sales in the usually conservative country: sex toys are flying off virtual shelves.

Adriana Marin, worker at the SexoSentido sex shop, cleans and disinfects the products in stock, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bogota, Colombia April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez