Indonesia has recorded over 150,000 confirmed case of Covid-19, with the number of infections rising by the hundreds daily. How did it get to this point and what is being done to tackle both the healthcare and economic costs of the pandemic? We speak to writer and political commentator Johannes Nugroho for insight into the situation in Indonesia.

Read his latest commentary on the pandemic in the South China Morning Post here.

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Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar

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