This is a heartwarming moment hungry monkeys suffering because of the coronavirus restrictions were given fruit by kind locals.<br /><br />The primates are normally fed by tourists but they have been staying away due to a a travel ban to stop the spread of Covid-19.<br /><br />Concerned residents gave sacks full of mangoes and rambutan to the primates in Songkhla, southern Thailand, this morning (June 11).<br /><br />One of the generous locals said feeding the monkeys is also helping struggling fruit vendors. <br /><br />She said: "Not only have the monkeys faced a hard time in the past few months, but the fruit seller have as well.<br /><br />''Buying their fruit to feed the monkeys means supporting them as well, so I think there are only the benefits doing this."<br /><br />Thailand has been slowly easing its coronavirus lockdown measures, with no locally transmitted cases for more than two weeks. However, a ban on non-residents entering the country remains in place while Thai nationals returning on repatriation flights must stay in state-monitored quarantine facilities for 14 days.
