Jakarta | I began feeling dizzy and feverish at the beginning of last week. I didn’t think it was COVID-19, though. In Jakarta, everyone knows someone who has, or recently had, the disease, so we all know the symptoms. I could still taste and smell, so I thought I had something else.

I was worried about my brother’s family at that time. His two little girls had been sick and, after they recovered, it was the turn of my brother and his wife. They were nauseous, coughing all the time and their throats were sore. PCR tests showed the whole family had COVID-19.