A terrified schoolboy started crying while looking for his 'lost' Covid-19 face mask - which has hanging on his chin all along.<br /><br />Teacher Mew Kannikar was doing a class activity in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand when one of her students walked over to her in tears on August 6.<br /><br />The worried teacher thought that the five-year-old boy was not feeling well. She asked him what was wrong and he said he was scared because he couldn't find his face mask.<br /><br />Mew said: "I thought something was hurting him because he was crying, but he told me he was looking for his favourite face mask."<br /><br />Kannikar, realising what's happening, tried to calm the boy down who resorted to crying before teaching him an important life lesson.<br /><br />She told the boy to look for the mask in his bag and after a few minutes of pointless search, she asked him to look in the mirror.<br /><br />The boy's face lit up after seeing that the mask had been under his chin all along.<br /><br />The teacher added: ''Sometimes what we are looking for is right in front of us.''<br /><br />Schools in Thailand reopened on July 1after months of home-based learning due to the Covid-19 coronavirus. <br /><br />As part of strict hygiene rules, students are required to wear face coverings and practice safe distancing while at school.
