A decision to fast track coronavirus testing for all of Indonesia's 575 politicians and their families has prompted a furious response, as the country struggles to role out testing for the general population.

While MPs and their families are due to be tested next week, the country of nearly 270 million people has only reported 2756 tests. So far, it has reported 686 positive cases and 55 dead including eight doctors. In comparison, Australia has conducted more than 140,000 tests and South Korea has more than 300,000.

Men are spaced one metre apart during Friday prayers Al-Akbar mosque in Surabaya, East Java. Credit:AP

But experts believe the number of undetected cases could be much higher, given the mortality rate is 8.5 per cent in Indonesia at present, much higher than the global average of about 1 per cent.

Unverified viral videos are circulating widely on social media of people dying on the streets of Jakarta and in other cities such as Bali, where Frenchman Gerard Philippe Follet died nine days ago while waiting for emergency services to reach him.