A lone street vender waits for customers at Khao San road, a once popular hangout with bars and entertainment for locals and tourists in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, January 4, 2021. Thailand on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, reported over 500 new coronavirus cases, most of them migrant workers who already were isolated, and the government said it was tightening movements of people around the country. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a protective mask sits in a train before its departure at the Bangkok Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand, 30 December 2020. The government announced that there won't be travel restrictions for the New Year period, although recommended people to choose to remain home if possible in order to help contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. From 15 to 30 December the government has found COVID-19 infections in 48 provinces, according to the center for COVID-19 Situation Administration. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





Employees of the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority clean and disinfect the Yodpiman Flower Market in Bangkok on January 6, 2021, after the government imposed further restrictions due to the recent Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





A sculpture of a dinosaurs is dressed with a Santa hat and a face mask in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, December 30, 2020. Officials in the Thai capital have announced new restrictions, including the closure of some entertainment facilities during the New Year's holiday, as infections continued to rise following a recent coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A woman in a hazmat suit sits in chairs marked with social distancing stickers at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport amid a new wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangkok, Thailand, 05 January 2021. The Thai government ordered a nationwide partial business shutdowns for 28 'red zones' provinces including Bangkok as part of stricter measures to curb the new wave of the infectious disease. Travelers flying between Thai provinces could face additional health screening, and international flights from the UK have been put on hold. Thai authorities recorded 745 new cases with 709 being local infections, making it the highest number of daily infections since the start of the pandemic. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





Cleaners disinfect seats in the waiting area at Mo Chit Bus Terminal in Bangkok in January 5, 2021, following a surge in cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Thailand. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Thai devotees lay down in coffins during a resurrection ceremony at Wat Takien in hopes of cleansing themselves of bad karma upon their “rebirth” on December 31, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai temple goers take part in a traditional resurrection ceremony on New Years Eve at Wat Takien, located in Nonthaburi province, 20 kilometers north of Bangkok, Thailand. The temple is famous for its resurrection ceremonies where Thai's ritualistically die before being reborn. During the ritual, Thai worshippers tie a white thread around their heads and take part in a group prayer before lowering themselves into coffins where Thai monks perform the resurrection ceremony. The belief is that the resurrected worshipper is cleansed of their bad karma and will be blessed with good fortune and health in the new year. Due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Thailand, the temple has implemented strict mask wearing and social distancing measures. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





Migrant workers and their families ride in the back of a truck as they wait to be admitted to a field hospital for COVID-19 patents, Monday, January 4, 2021, in Samut Sakhon, South of Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand reported on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, over 500 new coronavirus cases, most of them migrant workers who already were isolated, and the government said it was tightening movements of people around the country. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A worker cleans the floor ahead of the returning of travelers from New Year holiday amid the new wave of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, at Hua Lamphong railway station in Bangkok, Thailand, 03 January 2021. The Thai government has declared stricter health measures with ordering nationwide partial business shutdowns for 28 “red zones” provinces including Bangkok and pledged with the public not to travel to curb a new wave of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic which hundreds of new coronavirus cases have been confirmed daily. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





People visit light show to celebrate Christmas and New Year at Central World Department Store in downtown during New Year's Eve on December 31, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand welcomed the new year under a cloud of uncertainty, as sporadic outbreaks of the Covid-19 virus in clusters around the country worried both the public and health experts. (Photo by Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images)





A moon ring, also called a winter halo, is seen over a Thai house at the beach on Koh Chang island, Thailand on December 30, 2020. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A window in Sasinee Kampheepuchong's kitchen faces the Chao Phraya river in the historic neighborhood of Talad Noi in Bangkok, Thailand on February 6, 2019. A wave of gentrification is sweeping across one of Asia's most vibrant capitals, where change is being thrust upon a melting pot of communities that have for generations resisted it. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A performer wears a face shield at a shopping center on New Year's Eve during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand on December 31, 2020. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Fireworks explode over Chao Phraya River during the New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, January 1, 2021. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A view of a lone swimmer during a lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Trat province, Koh Chang island, Thailand on January 6, 2021. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





People pose for pictures with decorations made for New Year countdown celebrations outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Thailand ordered to scaled down gathering for New Year celebrations after reporting more than 155 new coronavirus infections and its first fatality since November on Tuesday. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





Passengers wearing face-masks to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, ride a canal ferry in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Thailand planned to expand testing to thousands of factories in a province next to Bangkok as it reported over 300 new virus cases around the country on Wednesday and one new death, an official said. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





Devotees pray as they stay inside marked areas for social distancing at a shrine for Hindu god Ganesh, outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Thailand reported more than 155 new coronavirus infections and its first fatality since November on Tuesday as the virus spread from two recently identified clusters to other parts of the country. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A woman kneels inside a social distancing marker to offer prayers to a Hindu statue of Ganesh, outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, 28 December 2020. After months of zero reported local COVID-19 infections, Thailand is now tackling an outbreak with its source tracked to a wholesale shrimp market in Samut Sakhon province, which has seen infections reach 43 provinces. The government has prohibited public New Year celebrations and crowded gatherings in order to help contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)