FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE SPREADS FAST THROUGH INDONESIA.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE SPREADS FAST THROUGH INDONESIA. 

Farmers throughout Australia worry about the health of their livestock as the raging foot and mouth disease spreads across multiple countries. National farming bodies are not keen on the idea to shut the border as an attempt to slow the growth of the disease as that decision affects their trade greatly. Not only is this disease dangerous to cows and livestock, but hand, foot and mouth disease can be contracted by humans. Though it is not usually fatal, it is certainly not something we would want frequent in the community.  Precautions are being taken within travel to and from Australia at the moment with officials requesting that visitors walk over sanitary foot mats as well as regularly clean their footwear. Farmers across Australia have expressed that they are extremely grateful for the recognition the government is showing towards the damage of the disease and appreciate the precautions being taken. Hope for avoidance of the disease entirely still remains strong in the farming community as Australia remains disease free. The federal government has claimed that an outbreak could result in mass costs of up to $80 billion dollars and may take many months or even years to recover from.