Coronavirus In Animals In Denmark
What we know about Denmarks mink COVID-19 mutated strain Advertisement.
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. 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. 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.
Around 100000 mink are to be put down at various farms in Denmark due to. Officials in Denmark announced Wednesday that they would be euthanizing every last mink in the countrys fur farms some 17 million animals. The country has registered 50530 confirmed COVID-19 infections and 729 deaths.
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. 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. Some coronaviruses cause cold-like illnesses in people while others cause illness in certain types of animals such as cattle camels and bats.
More recently millions of mink have been killed at fur farms in Denmark Spain and the Netherlands. Some coronaviruses such as canine and feline coronaviruses infect only animals and do not infect people. Mink in Denmark are not the only animals that could become reservoirs for the coronavirus to spread new mutations to people.
At that time 11000 animals on the infected farm were culled. A total of 207 out of the 1139 fur farms in Denmark has been infected. 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. The news came after a.