A Red Cross personnel wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant in a densely populated neighbourhood area, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 4, 2020. — Reuters
Motorbike taxis seen everywhere in the megacity of some 30 million were banned from picking up passengers and residents were ordered to stay home. But he resisted calls for a nationwide lockdown fearing a collapse in South-east Asia’s biggest economy, where tens of millions eke out a living on poorly-paid, informal jobs.