Category: Mink
Coronavirus kills 15,000 mink in the USA
More than 15,000 mink in the United States have died of the coronavirus since August, and authorities are keeping about a dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases, state agriculture officials said. More...
Mink coronavirus alert as UK hospitals ordered to keep suspected cases in isolation
Every hospital in the #UK has been ordered to isolate suspected “mink virus” patients amid increasing efforts to prevent a mutant strain of Covid from spreading to Britain. More...
Iceland to screen 15,000 mink farms for SARS-CoV-2
In light of the contagion of a mutated variant of the coronavirus from mink to people in Denmark, the (Iceland) Food Administration intends to start screening for coronavirus on the country’s mink farms. More...
England bans planes and ships from Denmark
England has banned ships, planes and freight from Denmark in response to fears about a new coronavirus mutation from mink bred at Danish farms transmitting to humans. More...
All Finland mink farms to be tested for SARS-CoV-2
The first phase of the forthcoming testing (of Finnish mink farms) will involve 30 farms from ten different municipalities in different provinces of Ostrobothnia, where most of Finland’s approximately 700 fur farms are located. More...
Coronavirus infected mink to be buried in Denmark’s military bases
Since the Danish government ordered that Denmarkâs total mink population be killed, the incinerators simply cannot keep up. More...
Truck sheds its load of Covid infected mink on a highway in Denmark
A large number of dead mink ended up on the asphalt on the E45 motorway on Saturday night. More...
Six countries report Covid-19 in farmed mink
New coronavirus cases linked to mink farms have been discovered in six countries including Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. More...
Denmark: Up to 5% of coronavirus infections in Jutland may be a mink mutation
Up to four or five percent of infections in North Jutland may be with a specific mink mutation of coronavirus that is concerning authorities due to its potential to be resistant to a vaccine. More...
Denmark to cull 15 million mink to prevent a coronavirus mutation
Denmark will cull all 15 million mink bred in its territory due to a Covid-19 mutation already passed on to 12 people, which threatens the effectiveness of a future vaccine for humans. More...