Coronavirus In Animals In Denmark
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.
Coronavirus in animals in denmark. Some coronaviruses cause cold-like illnesses in people while others cause illness in certain types of animals such as cattle camels and bats. In November 2020 Danish authorities announced a plan to cull all farmed mink in the country after more than 200 farms reported SARS-CoV-2 infections among their animals Live Science previously. Denmark killed all its farmed mink last year millions of animals after a variant form of the novel coronavirus was detected circulating between mink and humans.
The country has registered 50530 confirmed COVID-19 infections and 729 deaths. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. Minks are seen at a farm in Gjol northern Denmark on October 9 2020.
Mink in Denmark are not the only animals that could become reservoirs for the coronavirus to spread new mutations to people. 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. Fur bosses say the outbreak reported in.
Denmark first reported that it had discovered sick mink on its fur farms in June but at that point it appeared that human workers were passing the virus to the minks. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. 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. 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 culled 17 million minks in November in response to Covid-19 outbreaks at more than 200 mink farms. 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. What we know about Denmarks mink COVID-19 mutated strain Advertisement.