Coronavirus In Animals In Denmark
Denmark plans to slaughter up to 17 million farmed mink because a coronavirus mutation discovered in the animals that may have spread to humans Danish.
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The news came after a. COPENHAGEN Reuters - Denmark will cull its mink population of up to 17 million after a mutation of the coronavirus found in the animals spread to. At least 25 million mink in Denmark the worlds second-biggest producer of the animal fur will be culled because they are infected with coronavirus.
MORE than a quarter of a million Danes were forced into lockdown today amid reports a mutant strain of mink-related coronavirus had been found in humans. The entire population of mink in Denmark was culled in November over fears that the animals could transmit a mutated form of the coronavirus to humans. More recently millions of mink have been killed at fur farms in Denmark Spain and the Netherlands.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. At that time 11000 animals on the infected farm were culled. Denmark culled 17 million minks in November in response to Covid-19 outbreaks at more than 200 mink farms.
The US Italy the Netherlands Spain and Sweden have now reported coronavirus cases linked to mink farms after a mutation spreading from the animals was found in Denmark. Officials in Denmark announced Wednesday that they would be euthanizing every last mink in the countrys fur farms some 17 million animals. Some coronaviruses such as canine and feline coronaviruses infect only animals and do not infect people.
Minks massacred amid a coronavirus outbreak in Denmark appeared to rise from the grave like zombies due to a bizarre biological phenomena according to a report Wednesday. Denmark will cull all its mink - as many as 17 million - after a mutated form of coronavirus that can spread to humans was found on mink farms. BERLIN Denmark one of the largest fur producers in the world plans to kill every mink in the country to contain a coronavirus mutation that had begun spreading back to humans.