Southeast Asia fundamentals 'intact' despite COVID: Sea economist

Digital services become default in region but access gap still a challenge

20210811 SEA Digital economy

The prolonged coronavirus pandemic has helped boost Southeast Asia's digital economy. (Source photo by AFP/Jiji)

KENTARO IWAMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asia has become the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic as the more contagious delta variant rages through the region, causing some countries to downgrade their growth outlook.

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