inp.polri.go.id – Indonesian President Joko Widodo reminded his cabinet to be aware of mouth and nail disease (FMD) that infects livestock animals. The President of the Republic of Indonesia asked the Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo to conduct a zoning lockdown. "Regarding the nail and mouth infection, I already ask the minister of agriculture to immediately implement a zoning lockdown, a lockdown in the region," said the President of the Republic of Indonesia in a plenary cabinet meeting, Monday (9/5/22). The President of the Republic of Indonesia said that with the zoning lockdown, the movement of livestock infected with the disease from one area to another could be prevented. "The movement of livestock from regencies to other regencies, or from province to province, can be prevented," said the President of the Republic of Indonesia. The President of the Republic of Indonesia also asked the National Police Chief (Kapolri) General of Police Drs. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, M.Sc., to deploy his personnel to help prevent the spread of the disease. "I also ask the National Police Chief to really take care of this. Form a task force, so it will be clear who has the direct responsible of this task," said President Joko Widodo. Previously, 1,247 cattle in East Java had been infected with this disease. This also raises the concern of the disease being transmitted to humans. Former Director of Infectious Diseases of Southeast Asia WHO, Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama, said that FMD is a disease in animals that is practically not contagious to humans. The disease is entirely an animal health problem, although according to him, there have been reports of transmission to humans, such as the European CDC's report in 2012 entitled "Transmission of Foot and Mouth disease to humans visiting affected areas". "But it is very rare and only happens to those who really have direct contact with the infected animals," explained Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama, Monday (9/5/22).