The number of people infected worldwide by COVID-19 is more than one million with over 60,000 deaths. The United States currently has the highest number of infections and Italy has the greatest number of deaths. Yet some countries appear to be succeeding at "flattening the curve".
The number of new cases each day appears to be falling in places such as Taiwan, Canada, South Korea and Iceland. They have all shown that the rate of infections can be slowed.
How have some countries managed to control the rate of infections and deaths?
And can others - including Italy and Spain - bring theirs down?
Drew Thompson discusses these issues as part of a panel with Gloria Taliani,Infectious disease doctor and member of the COVID-19 Task Force of the Italian Civil Protection System, and Annie Sparrow,Emergency and critical care physician, hosted by Peter Dobbie on the programme Inside Story on Al Jazeera.