The number of coronavirus cases has now exceeded half a million worldwide.
While the hardest-hit countries are in the Northern Hemisphere, the number of reported cases in Indonesia is growing and there are concerns it could become the Italy of South-East Asia.
In the last week the number of cases concentrated around the capital Jakarta has almost tripled to around 900.
Dr Greta Nabbs Keller, Research Fellow from the UQ Centre for Policy Futures, discusses with ABC.
