Table 1

Frequency of accessing COVID-19 developments

	Frequency of update
	When schools closed (March 2020) n (%)		July 2020 n (%)
Hourly	13	3.2	1	0.2
Daily	187	45.9	41	10.1
2–3 times a week	103	25.2	119	29.3
Once a week	67	16.4	117	28.9
Less than once a week	27	6.6	104	25.6
Never	11	2.7	24	5.9
Total	408	100	406*	100

*In two cases there were missing data.