BANGKOK – As Thailand’s capital cautiously reopens many eating places shuttered over coronavirus fears, the feline “workers” of the Caturday Cafe are again at work.
The few dozen pleasant cats sometimes lounge across the cafe, breaking apart naptime to saunter over to human prospects for snuggles and stomach rubs.
The pleasant furballs give some much-needed outdoors contact for Thais who've largely been confined to residence throughout weeks of semi-lockdown with most non-essential companies closed.
“Earlier, we couldn't exit wherever which makes us a bit wired. However since we will come to fulfill the cats, we really feel extra relaxed and relaxed,” mentioned common buyer Pantip Keeseeree, who mentioned she got here as quickly as she heard the cafe had reopened.
Like different companies throughout Thailand, the cafe has new guidelines aimed toward curbing the unfold of the virus. Earlier than getting into, prospects should have their temperature checked and wash their arms and as soon as inside should put on a masks always.
“Really, the variety of prospects is nothing prefer it was once. Over 50 p.c have decreased for each Thai and overseas prospects,” mentioned cafe proprietor Arisa Limpanawongsanon.
Arisa has a complete of 50 cats, of a number of totally different breeds and round 35 of them rotate between her residence and the cafe every so often.
As an additional precaution, the cats have dry baths, their fur brushed and eyes cleaned each day.
Thailand on Friday reported eight new coronavirus circumstances however no deaths, bringing the whole to three,000 circumstances and 55 deaths for the reason that outbreak began in January.
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