Indonesia to provide 28 mln vaccine doses against foot-and-mouth disease

STORY: Indonesia to provide 28 mln vaccine doses against foot-and-mouth disease DATELINE: June 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. shot of coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto (Courtesy of Antara) 2. various of the livestock vaccinated (Courtesy of Antara) STORYLINE: A total of 28 million doses of vaccines will be provided for livestock across Indonesia in a bid to overcome the re-emergence of the deadly foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a minister said here on Wednesday. The budget for the livestock vaccination campaign is being prepared, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said, adding that the government has imported at least 3 million vaccine doses and distributed them to the worst-affected regions. "We will continue to increase the number up to 28 million vaccine doses. Healthy animals are vaccinated while sick animals are treated," said the minister. As of Tuesday, the viral disease has spread across 208 munici