We have agreed with the Agriculture Ministry that the Bersatu Lawan COVID-19 application will be integrated with data from the ministry’s iSIKHNAS (application).
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government will integrate data on livestock exposed to the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) with the Bersatu Lawan (United Against) COVID-19 application, which is used to collect real-time pandemic data.

Thus, the Bersatu Lawan COVID-19 application will also be used to gather data on infected cattle, a task that is usually performed using the National Animal Health Information System (iSIHKNAS) application, Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Lieutenant General Suharyanto informed at an online meeting, accessed from here on Friday.

"We have agreed with the Agriculture Ministry that the Bersatu Lawan COVID-19 application will be integrated with data from the ministry’s iSIKHNAS (application)," he added.

Through the integration, it is expected that more detailed, thorough, and valid data on animals infected with FMD will be obtained, therefore, it has become the main priority of the government in data incorporation.

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According to the latest data, FMD cases have been detected in 19 provinces. The five provinces with the highest number of infected cattle are East Java, West Nusa Tenggara, Aceh, West Java, and Central Java.

Meanwhile, the three provinces with the highest number of districts/cities with FMD cases are East Java, Central Java, and West Java.

So far, 232,549 animals have contracted FMD. At least 152,618 of them have not yet recovered, while 1,333 have died. The most infected cattle are cows, with their number reaching 227,070 heads.

Earlier, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said that the government will provide cattle breeders Rp10 million in compensation for every cow that has to be slaughtered due to the disease.

The government has approved the procurement of 29 million additional doses of the FMD vaccine for livestock using the budget of the Committee for COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery (KPC-PEN), he added.

The government is targeting to vaccinate 800 thousand heads of livestock before the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha, which will be observed on July 9, 2022.

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