Well, looks like people resorted to sex or let us say safe sex while spending most of the time at home and some bought more of rolling paper to smoke up. Recent reports say that sale of condoms, rolling paper, emergency contraceptive iPill, pregnancy test kits surged in the year 2020. Interestingly, more condoms were purchased during the day than at night. According to the delivery trend report released by the Dunzo app, condom orders were taken more during the day than at night. According to the report, three times more condoms were ordered through the Dunzo app on an average day than at night. Coronavirus Baby Boom: Condom Shortage During the COVID-19 Social Distancing May Cause a Baby Boom in Future. 

Hyderabad saw six times increase, Chennai five times and Jaipur saw a surge by four times. Apart from this, orders were placed three times more in a day in Mumbai and Bangalore. 22 times increase in rolling paper order were seen and at the same time, Bangalore ordered 22 times more rolling paper than Chennai. Rolling paper is a type of paper used to make cigarettes. On the other hand, other wellness items and family planning products like emergency contraceptive iPill & pregnancy test kits were bought a lot this year in Bangalore, Pune, Gurugram, Hyderabad and Delhi. The highest pregnancy kits in Jaipur were ordered through the app.

Apart from these wellness products, Chicken biryani was loved more than ever. This app was also used fiercely to order food like chicken biryani which became the most ordered food in Bangalore. Whereas Dal Khichdi was more preferred in Mumbai. Idli in Chennai and Aloo Tikki Burger in Gurugram were more ordered. Tea and coffee were ordered many times as people gave the little tapri visit a break during the lockdown. Maggi was preferred over at Pune in Mumbai and coffee was preferred over tea in Delhi, Chennai and Jaipur. Apart from this, milk was ordered in Pune and Hyderabad in large numbers.

Earlier this year, according to Reckitt Benckiser, owner of Durex condoms, people are having less sex because of the coronavirus crisis. The condom sales had fallen in most markets, said Laxman Narasimhan. He also said that couples were being less intimate. "Intimate occasions are going down and that is a manifestation of anxiety," he said to BBC. Mr Narasimhan revealed that people from Italy and the UK are having less sex, in particular.

 

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