Singles in the Netherlands were recommended to find a "sex buddy" to ride out quarantine with, The Guardian and the BBC reported.
The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) reportedly made the suggestion on its official guidance on "coronavirus and sexuality," saying those quarantining without a partner or permanent sex partner could find a like-minded individual to have sex with.
The advice reportedly came after Dutch officials received criticism for advising home visitors to maintain a 1.5 meter — or five-foot — distance from their hosts in an attempt to enforce "intelligent lockdown." The lockdown has been in affect since March 23.
According to The Guardian, the RIVM recently stated that "it makes sense that as a single [person] you also want to have physical contact" so the sex buddy amendment was made to the "intelligent lockdown" rules.
The RIVM states that potential sex buddies should communicate how they want to be intimate and about how many other sex buddies each person is seeing — as more contact with people has a higher potential to spread the virus.