Rescue volunteers from the Siam Nonthaburi foundation carry the coffin of a woman, who died after contracting the Covid-19 coronaviru, to the crematorium at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham Buddhist temple in Nonthaburi on May 5, 2021. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Health workers administer shots of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for Thai citizens at a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 24, 2021. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Family members pray at the grave of departed relatives on the first day of Eid al-Fitr during celebrations of the end of Islam's holy month of Ramadan in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on May 13, 2021. (Photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP Photo)





A Labrador Retriever sniffer dog sniffs canisters containing human sweat samples collected from a community to detect COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic infection at the Small Animal Teaching Hospital, at Chulalongkorn University, in Bangkok, Thailand, 20 May 2021. Three of six specially trained Labrador Retriever dogs are deployed in the Thai capital to sniff out human sweat collected from residents in the outbreak communities to detect the perspiration scent of COVID-19 coronavirus disease patients as an effort to battle the ongoing rapid spreading of the pandemic in Bangkok. The dogs have been trained to sit down immediately when detecting the perspiration scent of COVID-19 infections with an accuracy rate of nearly 95 percent in detecting both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Health workers call for people to receive doses of the Covid-19 coronavirus CoronaVac vaccine at Bang Sue Central Station in Bangkok on May 24, 2021. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





People eat lunch seated individually in the food court at an offices building in Bangkok, Thailand, 17 May 2021. Bangkok has eased COVID-19 dinning restrictions, previously allowing only take away with no dine in permitted, and now allowing one patron per table of four, spaced according to social distancing guidelines. Restaurants in dark-zones such as Bangkok, will be allowed to serve customers until 9pm, and only up to 25 percent capacity as officials try to find a balance between cover-19 preventive measures and helping businesses to remain open. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





Lightning bolts strike buildings during a thunderstorm in Bangkok on May 3, 2021. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





A person in costume stands at the side of a road during a gathering of the supporters of anti-government protest leaders arrested and charged with lese majeste, waiting for their release in Bangkok, Thailand on May 11, 2021. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Screens show devotees gathering via the Zoom application during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death at the Dhammakaya temple amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, May 26, 2021. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Buddhist monks wearing face masks light candles during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death at the Dhammakaya temple amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, May 26, 2021. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Candles are lit during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death at the Dhammakaya temple amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, May 26, 2021. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Buddhist monks wearing face masks light candles during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death at the Dhammakaya temple amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, May 26, 2021. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Buddhist monks wear face masks to help protect themselves from the coronavirus as they pray at the Traimit Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Buddhist monks in Thailand held a national prayer event to boost the nation's morale as the country struggles to curb a new surge of COVID-19. (Photo by Thanachote Thanawikran/AP Photo)





Residents of the Klong Toey area, a neighborhood with a recent rise in coronavirus cases, waiting to receive Sinovac COVID-19 and the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 10, 2021. The health authorities in Thailand said Monday they have confirmed the country’s first cases of the Indian variant of the coronavirus, in a Thai woman and her 4-year-old son who have been in state quarantine since arriving from Pakistan. (Photo by Vichan Poti/AP Photo)





A fruit vendor wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus pushes her cart past giant Buddhist statues for sale in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, May 27, 2021. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Activist Parit Chiwarak raises a three-finger salute, a symbol of resistance, after release from Bangkok Remand Prison in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Parit is a top leader of the student-led pro-democracy movement that attracted both support and controversy last year when it called for reform of Thailand's monarchy. He was charged with defaming the monarchy and jailed three months ago pending trial, but granted release on bail Tuesday. (Photo by Nava Natthong/AP Photo)





In this handout photo from the Royal Thai Army taken and released on May 21, 2021, military personnel in protective suit disinfect a school in Ubon Ratchatani province to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Royal Thai Army/Handout via AFP Photo)





Protesters light up star-shaped lanterns during anti-government demonstration in downtown of Bangkok on May 10, 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand. Amidst the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, anti-government activists gather in downtown of Bangkok to call for the releases of protest leaders who are remanded in custody. (Photo by Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images)





A performer wearing a face shield looks on during a ceremony held by the Bangkok National Museum to celebrate the return of two ancient relics, believed to have been stolen from Thailand about 60 years ago, from the United States, in Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2021. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)