Workers at a mink farm in Oregon have gone into quarantine after contracting COVID-19, as the animals in the farm become the state's first to fall infected. Animals including mink, cats and dogs can catch COVID from humans. 'We have been engaged with the Oregon mink industry for some time, providing information on biosecurity to prevent the introduction of SARS-CoV-2 and were ready to respond,' Scholz said. In Denmark (pictured) 17 million mink have been gassed owing to COVID-19 fearsThe United States has 359,850 mink bred to produce babies, known as kits, and produced 2.7 million pelts last year. State officials said they are working with the USDA to determine whether farmers can sell the pelts of infected mink.

Source: Daily Mail November 29, 2020 06:42 UTC