The Head of Animal Husbandry and Animal Health Office of South Sulawesi, Nurlina Saking, noted here on Friday that currently, the office is still awaiting the arrival of vaccine doses from the ministry that will then be distributed to several regions in the province.
"The plan is they (the vaccine doses) will be sent in the near future. We are ready to distribute them to districts and cities with at-risk (farm animal) populations," she remarked.
Regarding the 115 thousand FMD vaccine doses that South Sulawesi had received earlier, she affirmed that all the doses had been distributed to regions affected by the disease.
The Animal Husbandry and Animal Health Office of South Sulawesi is also facilitating the process of vaccinations for farm animals in the province.
"The 115 thousand doses (of FMD vaccine) assistance has been used. Meanwhile, 200 thousand doses of vaccine will arrive soon. We have made preparations for the distribution to regions," Nurlina explained.
The Animal Husbandry and Animal Health Office of South Sulawesi earlier recorded that 83 farm animals infected with FMD had recovered.
The highest FMD recovery rate was from Toraja District, with 31 recoveries out of 38 infections, followed by Bone District, with 18 recoveries; Jeneponto District, 14 recoveries; North Toraja District, 13 recoveries; and Bantaeng District, seven recoveries.
The FMD vaccine aid from Australia, totaling one million doses, has arrived in Indonesia. The vaccine doses are set to be distributed by the Indonesian government to the regions that are most in need.
To check FMD transmission, the Ministry of Agriculture launched a vaccination program for farm animals from Sidoarjo District, East Java, on June 14, 2022.
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