The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that Denmark, the United States, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Spain have reported coronavirus cases cropping up among farmed minks. The Danish government announced on Wednesday that a variant of COVID-19 found in Danish minks has been transmitted to 12 people, and the government would organize the euthanization of all minks in Denmark. The North Jutland region is also preparing to mass test 280,000 citizens in seven affected municipalities, according to a press release issued by the region’s administration on Friday. Soren Brostrom, the director general of the Danish Health Authority, has said he was confident and optimistic that the mutated mink-related coronavirus could be contained. The WHO said on Friday it will review the biosafety of mink farms worldwide.

Source: The Nation November 08, 2020 06:22 UTC