Southeast Asia has added 70 million online shoppers since the beginning of the pandemic, report finds

Grab delivery cyclists ride past each other in Singapore on April 20, 2020. ROSLAN RAHMAN | AFP | Getty Images An estimated 70 million more people shopped online in six Southeast Asian countries since the pandemic began, according to a report from Facebook and Bain & Company. As governments encouraged people to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Southeast Asia saw a rapid adoption of digital services like e-commerce, food delivery, and online payment methods. And that trend is likely to continue. The report, which surveyed more than 16,000 people in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand…