COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus that presents pneumonia-likernsymptoms. Beyond immediate health concerns, COVID-19 has both direct and indirect impacts onrnfood security. The government of Ethiopia took several measures including lockdown to reducernthe impacts of the pandemic. Most severely affected by the movement cessations are the urbanrnpoor. Sex workers represent an important group that exemplifies the vulnerability of workers inrnthe informal labor sector. The main purpose of this study is to explore the assess COVID-19rnlockdown measures on the food security statuses of sex workers in Bole and Akaki Kaliti sub cityrnof Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This research employed cross-sectional mixed research design and usedrnpurposive and snowball sampling technique. The study used HFIAS, FCS and CSI to analyze thernfood security status of households. The result shows that 94.4% of the respondents have familyrnunder their support, 74.4% of them have children and 96.7% of the respondent have no partner.rnPurchasing food, supporting family, home rent and addiction make up most of their expenses. Inrnaddition, 57.8% of them have saving practices and only 20% of them participate in mutual â€“aidrnand social networking activities (5.6% Iddir and 14.4% Equb). The HFIAS result showed thatrn98.1% of the study households are food insecure, whereas, the FCS indicated 87.8% of them arernpoor and borderline food consumption. The study implied that COVID-19 and its lockdownrnmeasures were highly affected the livelihood and food security statuses of the sex workers andrntheir family. The study recommended the need to assess sex workers capacity and based on thernassessment prepare entrepreneurship training and activities; create strong and organized sexrnworkers unions in order for them to have a strong voice in society; create new saving option forrnthem with better interest and giving them credit according to their savings