People receive the first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine against the coronavirus disease as Thailand start a mass inoculation at a gymnasium inside the Siam paragon Shopping centre in Bangkok, Thailand. - Reuters
BANGKOK, June 14 (Xinhua): Thailand's economy has taken a knock as Covid-19 cut off travel to the tourism-reliant country and shuttered commerce, leaving people there trying hard to eke out a living to survive the pandemic-triggered downturn.
In the capital Bangkok, Wichayuth Ketupanya, a 55-year-old Thai airlines captain, remembered the surreal feeling last March when nearly all passenger travel was shut down. He was grounded then, earning only one tenth of what he used to earn.
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