Food delivery riders wait for orders as residents stuck at home during a coronavirus lockdown rely on their service for their meals.

Footage from this morning (March 31) shows the workers outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, where restaurants have been forced to close and switch to take-out deliveries only.

While many people have stayed at home, the motorcycle riders who work for various app-based services, have put themselves on the front line to keep the city well fed.

All of them were seen wearing masks to protect them from the infection while checking their smartphones for incoming ordered.

Due to most customers working from home while they have avoided going to public areas, delivery riders have been gaining extra tasks.

Office workers have also been increasingly relying upon the delivery services, with their regular restaurants and cafes closed down.

Thailand has already been one of the most competitive markets for food delivery services, even before the Covid-19 hit Bangkok and other big cities in Asia.

Thailand has enforced strict measures to contain the pandemic by closing all non-essential businesses, issuing regional travel bans and banning non-residents from entering the country.


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