Coronavirus In Animals In Denmark
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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. Denmark culled 17 million minks in November in response to Covid-19 outbreaks at more than 200 mink farms. Officials in Denmark announced Wednesday that they would be euthanizing every last mink in the countrys fur farms some 17 million animals.
Some coronaviruses cause cold-like illnesses in people while others cause illness in certain types of animals such as cattle camels and bats. 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. Minks are seen at a farm in Gjol northern Denmark on October 9 2020.
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 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. Mink in Denmark are not the only animals that could become reservoirs for the coronavirus to spread new mutations to people.
Mink were collected for. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. Minks culled in Denmark after coronavirus fears environmental pollution Coronavirus.
The country has registered 50530 confirmed COVID-19 infections and 729 deaths. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. 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 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. Around 100000 mink are to be put down at various farms in Denmark due to.