King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn escaped from coronavirus to Germany to isolate himself at the luxurious Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl in the alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria with his retinue.

According to the German tabloid Bild, the hotel was fully booked under the king, as The retinue of the 67-year-old monarch includes a harem of 20 concubines, as well as numerous servants. However, it is unclear whether his four wives live in the hotel.

According to the German press, guest houses and hotels in Bavaria were previously closed by the authorities to ensure quarantine because of the coronavirus, but the local district council made an exception for the Thai monarch, justifying this by saying that “the guests of this hotel are a single and homogeneous group of people without any unauthorized visitors. ”

However, 119 members of the monarch group were deported back to Thailand due to suspected coronavirus - they showed symptoms of respiratory diseases upon arrival in Germany.

The news of Vajiralongkorn’s escape to a luxury hotel across the world was met with great indignation in Thailand: tens of thousands of Thais, at the risk of breaking the country's law on the untouchability of the monarch, wondered — why do they need such a king? Thai hashtag, which translates as "why do we need a king?" Tweeted 1.2 million reposts per day on Twitter.

At the same time, we recall that in Thailand, anyone who insults or criticizes a monarch can be imprisoned for up to 15 years. Nevertheless, this act rallied society against Vajiralongkorn: it is quite possible that the coronavirus will become the trigger for the deposition of the Thai monarchy ...

Earlier, Turprom wrote that the richest man in the world - Jeff Bezos, took refuge in the bunker of the apocalypse, fleeing the coronavirus.

The Thai Ministry of Public Health announced on Saturday 141 new cases in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 1,410.

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The precautionary measures taken by the king for his own safety, however, where not accepted by the citizens of his country. Thousands of Thais sharply criticized the king on social networks, although in Thailand this is prohibited by law. Anyone who insults or criticizes the monarchy may face imprisonment of up to 15 years.

In Thailand, one restaurant want's to meets new social distancing guidelines by providing lonely diners a bit of company - by seating stuffed pandas at its tables.

Thailand has relaxed some restrictions on businesses as the number of coronavirus cases slowed, allowing restaurants to reopen but with strict rules in place to reduce the risk of the virus spreading.

"Earlier we had only one chair for the tables where the customer came alone. But for me, it felt strange, so I thought I'd give them some company," said Natthwut Rodchanapanthkul, the owner of Maison Saigon, a Vietnamese restaurant in Bangkok.

Sitting opposite one of the panda dolls, diner Sawit Chaiphuek said he was happy to have some company as he stepped out to eat for the first time in months.

Another customer says that "The doll makes me feel less lonely eating by myself," mentioned Sawit, 25.

Siriporn Assavakarint, another customer, said the new seating rules often gives diners a headache, and the army of plush pandas made things much clearer.

"It's a lot easier to understand compared to other restaurants where people always get confused about where to sit and end up sitting too close to each other."

Thailand reported just one new coronavirus case on Thursday and no new deaths, bringing the total to 3,018 cases and 56 deaths since the outbreak started in January.

The day before, it reported zero new cases for the first time since early March, before the lockdown began. 

Rare species of turtles filled Thai beaches, empty without tourists during the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, April 21, reports The Sun.

 

Reptiles have begun massively building nests on the popular beaches of Phuket in Thailand. According to local ecologists, such a phenomenon has not been noticed there for 20 years.

 

 

According to the director of the Phuket Marine Biological Center, 11 nests were found on the island, which can be considered a good sign, since "many areas of spawning were previously destroyed by people."

 

“Last year we did not have such a large number of eggs laid, because the turtles died when they fell into fishing gear,” the biologist said.

 

In March, it was reported that wild animals began to return to cities that were empty due to quarantine measures designed to curb the spread of coronavirus infection.

 

For example, cougars roam the streets of the American city of Boulder in Colorado, crocodiles settled on the beaches of Mexico, and a herd of orphaned goats crept into one of the cities of Wales.

 

Recently, Bemorepanda has reported that many animals, such as deers, pigs, sheeps and horses have returned back to the city streets, which caused a lot of amusement among many internet users.

 

 

In Lopburi, Thailand, primates have taken over the streets, and authorities have been campaigning for three weeks to sterilize macaques that become violent when they see food and are not afraid to attack people.

For a population of 750,000 people, 6,000 macaques have been making the law in the locality for more than 10 years.  The number of tourists has decreased significantly while the number of cases of hospitalized patients with injuries caused by monkeys is constantly increasing.  

The castration of monkeys became a local emergency after they multiplied alarmingly during isolation in homes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Left without food, the monkeys entered the houses and terrorized the locals.