Coronavirus In Animals In Denmark
Around 100000 mink are to be put down at various farms in Denmark due to.
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. Some coronaviruses such as canine and feline coronaviruses infect only animals and do not infect people. 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. The worrying news came after Denmarks government started culling 15 million animals at more than 1100 lucrative mink farms in the north-west of the country. Denmark culled 17 million minks in November in response to Covid-19 outbreaks at more than 200 mink farms.
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. 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. Some coronaviruses cause cold-like illnesses in people while others cause illness in certain types of animals such as cattle camels and bats.
SARS-CoV-2 the virus that causes COVID-19 could have spilled from animals to people multiple times according to a preliminary analysis of viral. The country has registered 50530 confirmed COVID-19 infections and 729 deaths. Minks culled in Denmark after coronavirus fears environmental pollution Coronavirus.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. At that time 11000 animals on the infected farm were culled. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses.
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. Mink were collected for. Fur bosses say the outbreak reported in.