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In the fight against the spread of a mutated form of the coronavirus, the Danish government has illegally ordered the mass killing of all mink in the country.
In the fight against the spread of a mutated form of the coronavirus, the Danish government has illegally ordered the mass killing of all mink in the country.
"We made a mistake," admitted Agriculture Minister Mogens Jensen on TV2. There is no legal basis to ask mink breeders outside the risk areas to cull their animals. At the same time Jensen called on the breeders to continue the emergency slaughter as planned.
Your cooperation is the best help to protect people's health. The government now wants to get a legal basis through parliament as soon as possible.
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Following the alarming news about mutated coronaviruses transmitted from mink to humans in Denmark, the World Health Organization (#WHO) announced that infected minks have been reported from six countries.
Following the alarming news about mutated coronaviruses transmitted from mink to humans in Denmark, the World Health Organization (#WHO) announced that infected minks have been reported from six countries.
Cases of Sars-CoV-2 in mink have been detected in #Denmark, the #Netherlands, #Italy, #Spain, #Sweden and the #USA, the WHO said on Saturday night.
Only the mutation of the virus called “Cluster 5” in Denmark is worrying, it said: possible effects on diagnostics, therapies and the effectiveness of vaccines are largely unexplored and “not yet well understood”, warned the WHO.
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In Denmark, at least 214 people have been infected with variants of the coronavirus that originally appeared in mink since June. 200 of the cases were detected in the North Jutland region,
In Denmark, at least 214 people have been infected with variants of the coronavirus that originally appeared in mink since June. 200 of the cases were detected in the North Jutland region,
according to the Danish health institute SSI. There are a particularly large number of mink farms in this region. Sars-CoV-2 was found in 216 breeding facilities across the country by Friday.
The cluster 5 virus type, classified as worrying by the Danes, has so far been found in five plants and in twelve people. The Danish government ordered on Wednesday that all mink in the country - around 15 to 17 million animals - should be killed.
