Found 3 Cows Suspected Of PMK In North Jakarta

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JAKARTA - Head of the North Jakarta Food, Maritime, and Agriculture Security Agency (KPKP) Unang Rustanto said his party found three cows with symptoms or suspected foot and mouth disease (PMK).

Unang said, this cow has not been confirmed to have PMK. This is because the blood samples from the three cows are still in the process of being tested in the laboratory.

"The results of monitoring the children found that there were 3 tails with clinical symptoms of FMD, they had lesions on their gums, nostrils (nostrils), and wounds on their legs," Unang said when contacted, Friday, June 24.

The three cows declared to be PMK suspects were previously sent from Bima, West Nusa Tenggara. The cow was found to have symptoms when it was taken to a shelter in Koja District.

Currently, Unang said the cows were quarantined for 14 days, and their health conditions were monitored. The cow is housed separately from other cows.

"We will quarantine with a duration of 14 days. The SOP must be quarantined. Then we will give vitamins and medical treatment," he said.

Regarding the PMK outbreak, President Joko Widodo has issued a number of directives to his staff.

Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lt. Gen. Suharyanto explained a number of directives from President Joko Widodo to prevent Mouth and Nail Disease (FMD) from spreading in Indonesia.

One of them is ordering a regional lock-up or lockdown for areas with PMK red zone status for provinces whose sub-districts have been infected by more than 50 percent.

The target of the policy is to stop adding red areas related to PMK. "There should be no movement of animals from one point to another. So everything is locked down," said Suharyanto.

The government also formed a Task Force for Handling PMK. The PMK Task Force is integrated from elements of the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Home Affairs, Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, BNPB, as well as elements of the TNI and Polri.

"The task force will also support the development of supporting alternative therapies such as convalescent plasma. This is a matter of discussion, because anti-virus has not been found," said Suharyanto.