Health workers display the “love” sign after finishing a day of work at a vaccination center on Phuket, southern Thailand, Monday, June 28, 2021. Thailand's government will begin the “Phuket Sandbox” scheme to bring the tourists back to Phuket starting July 1. Even though coronavirus numbers are again rising around the rest of Thailand and prompting new lockdown measures, officials say there's too much at stake not to forge ahead with the plan to reopen the island to fully-vaccinated travelers. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Empty beach chairs line the empty tourist beach of Patong on Phuket, southern Thailand, Monday, June 28, 2021. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A woman walks past abandoned braided mannequin heads along the normally tourist-packed Patong Beach on Phuket, southern Thailand, June 28, 2021. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to a woman on Phuket, southern Thailand, Monday, June 28, 2021. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A woman surf skates past closed businesses along the normally tourist-packed Bangla walking street of Patong Beach on Phuket, southern Thailand, June 28, 2021. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Costume manager Supat Kuntatun wears a new performance costume at the Phuket Simon Cabaret in Phuket, southern Thailand, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A lone worker stands on a construction site at dusk in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 25, 2021. As Thailand has struggled unsuccessfully to lower the number of new COVID-19 cases and related deaths during its third and worst wave of coronavirus infections, the government on Friday ordered the camps where construction workers are housed in Bangkok and other hard-hit areas to be shut for a month and the workers kept inside to help stop the spread of the disease. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A whale shark swims next to volunteer divers after they removed abandoned fishing net that was covering a coral reef in a protected area of Ko Losin, Thailand on June 19, 2021. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Inmates wait 30 minutes in case they experience side effects after receiving doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Chonburi Central Prison on June 25, 2021. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





A pro-democracy protester dressed up as the Statue of Liberty rides an electric scooter during an anti-government demonstration as they commemorate the anniversary of the 1932 Siamese Revolution in Bangkok on June 24, 2021. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





A pro-democracy supporter wears a face mask with the umbrella with sign saying “No to Article 112”, a legal provision in Thailand's Criminal Code concerning any defamation of the monarchy, as she participates in a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Anti-government protests expected to resume in Bangkok after a long break due partly to a surge in COVID-19 cases. Gatherings are planned for several locations across the capital, despite health officials mulling a week-long lockdown in Bangkok to control a rampant virus surge. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A person receives the second dose of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine at the Kodang stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on June 4, 2021. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





LGBT couple take photos of each other on a rainbow flag-themed path during pride month at Samyan MRT station in Bangkok, Thailand on June 4, 2021. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Health workers administer a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to women at Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, June 7, 2021. Health authorities in Thailand on Monday began their much-anticipated mass rollout of locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine, but it appeared that supplies were falling short of demand from patients who had scheduled vaccinations for this week. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to a woman in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 31, 2021. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Thai taxi driver Sombat Subin rides with a sign above his cab showing that he has been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in order to attract more customers in Bangkok, Thailand, May 29, 2021. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Bravo , a Labrador Retriever sits in front of a sample of human sweat after detecting the COVID-19 coronavirus at a mobile canine unit in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 17, 2021. Thailand has deployed a canine virus detection squad to help provide a fast and effective way of identifying people with COVID-19 as the country faces a surge in cases, with clusters found in several crowded slum communities and large markets. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





This photo taken on June 19, 2021 shows a handler interacting with dogs at the Dog In Town cafe in Bangkok. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





This photograph taken on June 20, 2021 and received courtesy of Radchadawan Peungprasopporn via her Facebook account on June 22, 2021 shows an elephant searching for food in the kitchen of her home in Pa La-U, Hua Hin. (Photo by Radchadawan Peungprasopporn/Facebook via AFP Photo)