For many residents of bustling Bangkok, a daily walk or run through central Lumpini Park is considered a sanity saver, and especially these days as most people remain indoors during the coronavirus outbreak.
Chakrit Hovatanakul, a pilot with local airline on two months paycut leave from work, runs in Lumphini Park the day before all parks are closed in the city due to the coronavirus disease outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
“It’s such a shame. So many people will have nowhere to go,” said Chakrit Hovatanakul, who has been spending an hour or more in the park each day running and relaxing. Chakrit is a 49-year-old pilot at a Thai airline and, like many other airline staff around the globe, was told by his employer to stop working for two months as the coronavirus grounded airlines. With his family overseas, Chakrit said he had been coming to Lumpini Park to lift his spirits.
Since March, Bangkok has closed shopping malls, schools, entertainment venues, libraries, museums, playgrounds, and sporting grounds in a bid to contain the spread of the virus.
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