APIS WG2 on Digital Technologies and Applications aims to facilitate implementation of APIS Action Plan 2022-2026 by bridging the digital divide and accelerating digital transformation through multistakeholder cooperation.

As the novel coronavirus has undertaken its deadly migration across the globe, most attention has understandably focused on its immediate public health consequences, as well as the downstream economic consequences of the lockdown measures needed to contain it.

A less remarked development, however, has been the changes to everyday life that have resulted from the contagion. In particular, a new report reveals the extent to which COVID-19 has driven a dramatic uptake of digital technologies across Southeast Asia, accelerating a profound shift that was already underway.