Coronavirus In Animals In Denmark
More recently millions of mink have been killed at fur farms in Denmark Spain and the Netherlands.
Coronavirus in animals in denmark. 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. 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.
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. Minks are seen at a farm in Gjol northern Denmark on October 9 2020. 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 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. Fur bosses say the outbreak reported in. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses.
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. Some coronaviruses cause cold-like illnesses in people while others cause illness in certain types of animals such as cattle camels and bats.
Around 100000 mink are to be put down at various farms in Denmark due to. 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. Some coronaviruses such as canine and feline coronaviruses infect only animals and do not infect people.
At that time 11000 animals on the infected farm were culled. 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.