Indonesia is aiming to eliminate all foot and mouth cases until the year’s end.

Jakarta 11 August : Indonesia is targeting zero new cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) by the end of this year since vaccination has been administered to more livestock, the spokesperson of the government for FMD handing, Wiku Adisasmito said.

"The quantity of instances reported has decreased and we are hopeful that by the end of this year things will be controlled," the spokesperson added on Wednesday.

As of Wednesday, FMD vaccination has reached 1,286,550 animals, according to the Agriculture Ministry of the country.Agriculture Ministry.

Six provinces have announced no new cases, which includes Bali, Riau Islands, Jakarta as well as South Kalimantan, Xinhua news agency reported.Apart from vaccination as a matter of course, in addition to vaccination, the Indonesian government has also taken additional measures like biosecurity treatment, testing of livestock and conditional slaughter to combat the spread of the disease.

Based on the data of the FMD handling task group As of September 9, 24 provinces out of 37 provinces were subjected to FMD.int/khz/ .