if supplying a printed copy you should put a diagonal line through it and sign date it in the corner. Thais do this on their ID card copies, quite legal. (With an image on your phone you could put a coloured fine line the same via Editing tool).
well, he's sought assistance of TP first to find her, i dare say he doesn't want to enflame matters by making a stealing complaint against her..maybe that will come later..up to him as they say in the classics.
have a PCR test or a full Serology Profile done from blood sample and you will know exactly what variant you have and your antibody levels. PS. there is no new strain to date.