A clock showing the time at noon, is displayed for a photo as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram (The Temple of the Emerald Buddha, also known as The Grand Palace), is closed for visitors due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, stands next to an empty road in Bangkok, Thailand, March 31, 2020. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Flight crew wear protective masks as they arrive at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, March 2, 2020. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A construction laborer carries food while walking past a deserted shopping street after all shopping malls were closed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, at a shopping district in Bangkok, Thailand, 06 April 2020. According to media reports, Thailand's economy is forecast to shrink by 5.3 percent to 6.8 percent, due to the ongoing spread of the COVID-19 disease which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The contraction could be the county's worst since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





A Buddhist monk collects alms while wearing a face shield, as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at an outdoor market in Bangkok on April 17, 2020. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





A Thai shopkeeper talks to customer who sold gold necklace to the gold shop in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, April 16, 2020. With gold prices rising to a seven-year high, many Thais have been flocking to gold shops to trade in their necklaces, bracelets, rings and gold bars for cash, eager to earn profits during an economic downturn. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Thai man, some with face masks play a game of soccer in an open lot in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Playgrounds and public parks remained closed as a month-long state of emergency has been enforced in Thailand to allow its government to impose stricter measures to control the coronavirus that has infected hundreds of people in the Southeast Asian country. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A religious statue is seen in an empty street as Thailand will impose a nationwide night curfew from Friday April 3, to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, April 2, 2020. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Migrant workers from Myanmar give a shower to elephants at an elephant camp closed to tourists due to the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, in Kanchanaburi, Thailand April 3, 2020. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





The honour guard, wearing protective masks due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), prepares for the arrival of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn at the King Rama I monument in Bangkok, Thailand on April 6, 2020. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters/Pool)





Volunteers spray disinfectant on a street during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, April 6, 2020. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A woman wears a protective face mask while commuting by boat, at the Chao Phraya river during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 15, 2020. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Macaque monkeys scavenge for food on a beach in Ko Koh Ram, known as Monkey Island, in Khao Sam Roi Yot, Thailand on April, 2020. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Alamy Stock Photo)





Thai Buddhist abbot monk Phra Kru Palad Sitthiwat, known as Luang Phi Namfon, shows a face mask he inscribed with spiritual incantations at Wat Phai Lom in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, 29 March 2020. Luang Phi Namfon inscribed spiritual incantations on face masks made by villagers and sold by the abbot, aimed to protect devotees from the growing fear of people in the wake of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. More than 100,000 of the talisman protective masks have been sold across Thailand. Seven people have died in the country since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, and more than 1,300 COVID-19 infections have been reported so far. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Thai Buddhist monks wear protective masks while receiving devotees offerings, behind plastic sheets set up to reduce the risk of coronavirus and COVID-19 infections, during the Songkran celebrations at Wat Samian Nari in Bangkok, Thailand, 14 April 2020. The Songkran Festival was canceled nationwide for prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease, caused by the SARS CoV-2 coronavirus. Usually the Songkran Festival is held for three days to mark the Thai traditional New Year, falling annually on 13 April. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People wearing face masks amid fears of the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus sell their jewelries in a gold shop in Bangkok's Chinatown on April 15, 2020. Hundreds of Bangkok residents rushed to goldsmith shops in order to sell their jewelries as gold prices reached its highest levels since 2012. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





Hotel staff members prepare takeaway food at a deserted hotel which has resorted to sell delivery food, at the Asia Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, 17 April 2020. The four-star 54-year-old Asia Hotel has turned its front area into an open kitchen to sell takeaway food in an effort to help their staff earn and make a living during the economic shutdown in the wake of the COVID-19 disease and coronavirus pandemic. About seven million people have lost their jobs in Thailand and unemployment is predicted to reach 10 million people if the pandemic continues for the next few months. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A motorist, white helmet, offers free face masks to locals to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday, April 13, 2020. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A 7-11 convenience store employee takes the temperature of a customer, in an effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Bangkok on April 10, 2020. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Hua Lamphong train station is seen empty in Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year during the coronavirus disease outbreak (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, April 14, 2020. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





The group of elephants was tracked though nearby jungle by wildlife officers in Chachoengsao, Thailand on April, 2020. More than 50 wild elephants crossed the highway. (Photo by Pratya Chutipat Sakul/Viral Press)