A herd of elephants in Santa Claus costumes introduced items of face masks and hand sanitiser to main college college students in central Thailand on Christmas Eve (December 24).
“I bought a balloon, face masks and alcohol gel from the elephants. I’m so excited as a result of an occasion like this solely occurs annually, and I believe my college is the one place with elephant Santas,” mentioned Beyapha Mhonsuwan, a pupil at Jirasartwitthaya College, which is simply north of the capital Bangkok.
The elephants have been paying year-end visits to varsities within the space for practically 20 years, however for the reason that pandemic hit, the standard yuletide cheer of sweet and presents has shifted at hand sanitiser and face masks. Organisers mentioned they held the occasion to encourage college students to return to the classroom after months of taking on-line lessons from house.
Coronavirus circumstances peaked in August this 12 months in Thailand. Thus far the nation has a complete of two.2 million infections and 21,528 deaths.