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March 12, 2020: A woman wears a face mask while walking in Bangkok’s Sala Daeng BTS station wearing a face mask. Thailand had only logged 70 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at this point and the public was becoming increasingly prevalent to see more people taking precautions.
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March 12, 2020: Passengers on Bangkok’s BTS Skytrain wear masks while using their smartphones.
March 21, 2020: Shoppers rub their hands with sanitizing gel in the entrance to a big box supermarket in Bangkok. Panic buying sweept through Bangkok due to fears of a total lockdown which never materialized in the city.
March 21, 2020: After the Thai government's announcement of a partial shutdown in Bangkok which would close all businesses except supermarkets, pharmacies, and take-out restaurants shoppers filled supermarkets throughout the city to stock up on food and supplies over fears of possible shortages which never materialized.
March 22, 2020: A member of the Royal Thai Army wearing personal protective equipment hoses down the street with water while taking part in an army campaign to sterilize high traffic pedestrian areas of Bangkok in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
March 22, 2020: A member of the Royal Thai Army wearing personal protective equipment takes part in an army campaign to sterilize the streets and sidewalks in high traffic pedestrian areas of Bangkok in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
March 23, 2020: A man undergoes a temperature check before entering Bangkok's Mochit bus terminal. The travel hub was filled with thousands of travelers heading back to their home provinces after the city government ordered the mandatory closure of many nonessential businesses the day prior.
March 25, 2020: A screen displaying the visible and thermal images of people as they undergo temperature screening at the entrance to Bangkok’s Mochit Bus Terminal.
March 23, 2020: The normally busy Siam Paragon shopping mall and surrounding shopping centers stands nearly deserted after the authorities ordered the closure of many nonessential businesses the day before.
March 31, 2020: A woman stands inside a sanitization gate at the entrance of Bangkok's Emporium shopping mall in Phrom Phong, 6 days into the Thai capitol’s first lockdown which started on March 26th.
June 4, 2021: A electric service box outside of a high end shopping center in Bangkok stands covered with stickers given to mall patrons after completing a temperature check.
June 14, 2020: A medical student packages a nasel swab specimen from a COVID-19 test. Thailand at this point had been relatively unscathed by the world wide pandemic, recording 3,135 cases and 58 deaths out of a population of approximately 70 million people.
July 25, 2021: A man suspected of have COVID-19 is transported to a hospital in Bang Yai on the outskirts of Bangkok by the Siam Nonthaburi Rescue Foundation.
October 10, 2021: A Ngiew Chinese opera actress wears a plastic face shield while preparing to perform at the Zhou Song Gong shrine during the Nine Emperor Gods festival.