Leveraging New Technologies Can Help Protect Families During Covid-19

Digital connectedness has helped encourage information sharing and contributed to alleviating the economic impact of Covid-19 by providing platforms and tools to protect livelihoods amid lockdowns. Online classes have helped many students continue their education. Those fortunate enough to be able to avail work from home options have benefitted from technologies that allow for seamless information sharing even while out of the office. Digital technologies have helped create awareness on Covid-appropriate behaviors as well as the availability of health services. People have gained enormously through telemedicine services, which have made safer and prompt healthcare delivery possible.