Thai male bodybuilders, wearing face shields to be protected from COVID-19, compete in the Mr. Thailand 2021 bodybuilding competition in Bangkok, Thailand, 09 April 2021. Following a new cluster of Covid-19 infections, bodybuilders competing in one of Thailand's main bodybuilding events must observe preventive measures by going on stage wearing face shields as well as maintain social distance whenever possible. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





Art students paint along a canal in Bangkok on April 2, 2021. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





Health workers inject a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for people in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, April 12, 2021. Thailand's Health Ministry warned Sunday that restrictions may need to be tightened to slow the spread of a fresh coronavirus wave, as the country hit a daily record for new cases. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





In this March 30, 2021, file photo, a health worker attends to an injured Karen villager from Myanmar as she and others arrive at Ban Mae Sam Laep Health Center in Mae Hong Son province, Thailand. Far away in Myanmar’s borderlands, millions of others who hail from Myanmar’s minority ethnic groups are facing increasing uncertainty and waning security as longstanding conflicts between the military and minority guerrilla armies flare anew. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo/File)





People gather together to celebrate the first day of the Songkran New Year holidays at Nang Rong beach in Chonburi, Thailand Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Thailand on Tuesday recorded almost 1,000 cases for the third straight day, as health officials worry that the number of new infections could be far higher after this week's traditional Thai New Year holiday. (Photo by Penny Yi Wang/AP Photo)





Buddhist devotees lie inside coffins as Buddhist monks officiate a “live funeral” ritual at Bangna Nai temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 February 2021 (issued 14 April 2021). A Thai Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok, officiates daily “live funerals” where Thai devotees lie inside coffins hoping to rid themselves of bad luck and attract good fortune. People choose to take part in the ritual following the recommendation of a fortune teller, looking to start anew. During the ceremony, devotees recite a prayer before lying inside a coffin, holding a flower while they are covered with a blanket. The belief is that through a symbolic death, they will rise up cleansed from their bad karma and be reborn anew. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





A Buddhist devotee lies inside a coffin during a “live funeral” ritual at Bangna Nai temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 February 2021. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





Buddhist devotees lie inside coffins during a “live funeral” ritual at Bangna Nai temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 February 2021. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





Buddhist monks stand outside a room where devotees are lying inside coffins during a “live funeral” ritual at Bangna Nai temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 February 2021. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





Buddhist devotees lie inside coffins during a “live funeral” ritual at Bangna Nai temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 February 2021. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





A devotee receives a blessing from a Buddhist monk after taking part in a “live funeral” ritual at Bangna Nai temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 February 2021. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





Buddhist devotees walk out of coffins after taking part in a “live funeral” ritual at Bangna Nai temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 February 2021. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





A Buddhist devotee lies inside a coffin during a “live funeral” ritual at Bangna Nai temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 February 2021. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA/EFE)





A Thai Buddhist monk has a plaster over his tattoo after receiving a shot of the vaccine against COVID-19 developed by AstraZeneca during a national inoculation program for Buddhist monks at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 31 March 2021. Thailand initiated its national inoculation program of vaccinations against COVID-19 for medical staff and at-risks groups to curb the ongoing COVID-19 and coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Workers carry mattresses prepared as beds for patients amid the surge of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at a field hospital sat up in a gymnasium in Bang Bon district on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 12 April 2021. Thai authorities are setting up 10,000 field hospital beds in the capital of Bangkok due to the medical facilities bed shortage for coronavirus patients after the rapid surging of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic infections caused by UK variant strain of the virus. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





A passenger looks out from window on train bound for northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, at Hua Lamphong Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April 9, 2021. Thai authorities were struggling Friday to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak just days before the country's traditional Songkran New Year's holiday, when millions of people travel around the country. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to a person working at an entertainment venue where a new cluster of COVID-19 infections was found, in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A security guard walks past a decorative installation made of colorful paper umbrellas outside a shopping mall in Bangkok on March 30, 2021. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





The full Worm Moon is seen over Bangkok's skyline on March 28, 2021. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





Thai teacher Sattawat Kongsang dressed in cosplay as Captain America teaches students in a classroom at Prataungtipvittaya School in Bangkok, Thailand, 30 March 2021. Teachers of the school in Bangkok occasionally wear cosplay costumes of various anime and comic superhero characters as Captain America, Demon Slayer, Harry Potter and Xuan Zang while conducting interview tests, examinations and teaching in the classroom aimed to relax and reduce student's stress to encourage the class to engage more in the lessons. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





Karen refugees carrying belongings are seen at Salween riverbank in Mae Hong Son, Thailand on March 29, 2021. (Photo by Karen Women's Organization/Handout via Reuters)





A tiger plays in water at a tiger zoo in Chaing Mai, Thailand on March 31, 2021. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People wearing protective face masks pray in front of a Buddha statue during Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as the country deals with a fresh wave of infections after tackling earlier outbreaks, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 13, 2021. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A woman pours traditional scented water over a Buddha statue to mark the Songkran (Thai New Year) celebrations at Wat Pho temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 April 2021. Thailand celebrates the traditional new year Songkran festival, also known as water festival, with most events being cancelled following a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)