6/6 A factory employee prepares to start up a machine for spooling thread made from recycled plastic bottles at a Thai Taffeta Co. factory in Rayong, Thailand, on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. A decline in active cases and increase in vaccinations over the past several weeks has allowed the government to gradually relax restrictions for businesses to reopen and travel to resume, which are part of its �living with Covid� strategy that recognizes the endemic nature of the virus. Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomberg