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The center noted that the risk of mink-related corona strains is low for ordinary people, but higher for those who work closely with mink and the medically weak.
Six countries, including Denmark and the United States, reported last Saturday that they had reported cases of coronavirus infection linked to farms that raise mink animals for their fur, according to the World Health Organization.
The other countries that have detected cases of SARS-Covid-2 in mink animals are Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, according to the organization’s statement.
Denmark warned that the virus mutation could threaten the effectiveness of any future vaccines, and ordered the elimination of all these animals in its territory, estimated between 15 and 17 million.
Since June 2020, 214 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Denmark with strains linked to mink farms, including 12 cases with a single strain that was recorded on November 5.
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New updated guidelines from the European Center for the Prevention and Control of Diseases related to the spread of corona between mink, indicated that the virus is capable of accumulating mutations more quickly in these animals.
In Denmark, 214 people were diagnosed as having been exposed to mink-related changes in SARS-Cove-2, and 12 of them had unique mutations, according to the British newspaper “Daily Mail.”
Scientists believe that these “group 5” mutations have a low sensitivity to neutralizing antibodies in both mink and humans.
A statement issued by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control indicated the possibility of viral variants emerging among mink animals in the future, emphasizing the need for further research on the nature of mutations and their effects on potential vaccines, their ability to exacerbate infection, and their role in virus severity.
The center recommended that countries adopt a series of preventive measures in mink farms, including examining workers there and those residing in their surroundings, studying the Covid-19 virus if it is detected and checking for mutations.
The center also called for a routine examination of the animals and the adoption of additional precautionary measures to limit the spread of the possible mink virus to humans.
The center noted that the risk of mink-related corona strains is low for ordinary people, but higher for those who work closely with mink and the medically weak.
Six countries, including Denmark and the United States, reported last Saturday that they had reported cases of coronavirus infection related to farms that raise mink animals for their fur, according to the World Health Organization.
The other countries that have detected cases of SARS-Covid-2 in mink animals are Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, according to the organization’s statement.
Denmark warned that the mutation of the virus could threaten the effectiveness of any future vaccines, and ordered the elimination of all these animals in its territory, estimated between 15 and 17 million.
Since June 2020, 214 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in Denmark with strains linked to mink farms, including 12 cases with a single strain registered on November 5.
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