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Media coverage of the COVID-19 research launch in Sri Lanka

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Date Publication Title with link Author
08-December 2021 Colombo Page Internet use in Sri Lanka has grown due to pandemic, but slower than peers, survey shows Unknown
08-December 2021 Ada Derana Biz Access to education during the first lockdown was high, but not without problems, survey shows Unknown
09-December 2021 Economy Next Sri Lanka excessive taxes on telecoms had hit rural connectivity: regulator Unknown
09-December 2021 Newswire Access to education during the first lockdown was high, but not without problems, survey shows Unknown
09-December 2021 China.org Pandemic drives internet usage in Sri Lanka – Survey Unknown
09-December 2021 Economy Next Sri Lanka online education goes to 85-pct of students, despite dissatisfaction: study Unknown
09-December 2021 The Nation LIRNEasia conducts study on post-Covid-19 digitisation of SL​​ Unknown
09-December 2021
Daily Financial Times
 Internet use in SL has grown due to pandemic but slower than peers, survey shows Unknown
09-December 2021 The Morning Internet use affected by irrational tax: Oshada Unknown
09-December 2021 Lanka Talks Internet use in SL has grown due to pandemic but slower than peers, survey shows Unknown
09-December 2021
Daily Financial Times
 Access to education during the first lockdown was high, but not without problems, survey shows Unknown
10-December 2021 Daijiworld Pandemic drives internet usage in Sri Lanka – Survey Unknown
11-December 2021 Lastly The #COVID19 Pandemic Has Driven an Increase in Internet Usage in #SriLanka, Local Media – Latest Tweet by IANS India Unknown
11-December 2021 Daily Mirror SL falls behind countries with lower GNI in internet usage: LIRNEasia survey Unknown
11-December 2021 Gadgets Now Pandemic drives internet usage in Sri Lanka – Survey Unknown
12-December 2021
The Island Online
 Internet use has grown due to pandemic in Lanka, but slower than peers, survey shows – The Island Unknown

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