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Recently, an infection among minks has been detected in more than 220 Danish mink farms and the virus is spreading to humans.
The virus is a mutation quite different from the more widespread corona variants in society in general, which makes the authorities fear that a corona vaccine will not work in this virus. The virus is more resistant to antibodies.
By Thursday, 12 people had been diagnosed with this mutation. On Friday, the number is 214 people, reports Danish BT
Now, a Danish politician fears that the country will become the new Wuhan.
– The pandemic can start again
Danish authorities called an international press conference on the Danish coronavirus mutation at 2.30pm on Friday.
– This is a very worrying development. I cannot emphasize how seriously we take this situation. We are taking all necessary precautions to deal with the situation, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said during today’s press conference.
The Chinese city of Wuhan was, as is known, the hotbed of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
Danish Alternativet party leader Jopsephine Fock fears Denmark will become the hotbed of coronavirus 2.0.
More than a million minks infected with corona
– We risk becoming the new Wuhan. It’s totally wild! she told BT newspaper after authorities briefed her and other party leaders on the situation on Wednesday.
In the same orientation, the Statens Serum Institut, corresponding to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, also stated that the mink mutation is so different from the currently more widespread corona variant that in the worst case there is a risk of restart the entire pandemic.
– The worst case scenario is that we have a pandemic, starting again based in Denmark, said Kåre Mølbak, director of the Statens Serum Institut.
On Friday, 1,427 new corona cases were detected in Denmark. This is a new infection registry, but the registry must be viewed in relation to the drastic increase in testing capacity. It is not known if any of these individuals have the mutation in question.
The number of hospital admissions is now 191. There have been five more deaths in the last 24 hours, BT writes
– worrying
Denmark is the world’s largest producer of mink fur and in light of the area and population of Denmark, the mink industry in the country is huge.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced that all minks in the country would be killed as a result of the outbreak. At the same time, very strict restrictions have been introduced in North Jutland, where the infection has been demonstrated, to prevent it from spreading. In the seven municipalities where the virus has been detected, the mink slaughter is expected to be complete in a few days, according to BT.
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Despite the measures, the international focus is now on our small neighboring country. The EU infection control agency, ECDC, has the same fears as the Statens Serums Institut and says the following to the BT newspaper:
– This scenario is very worrying, so the ECDC is closely monitoring the evolution of Denmark.
The mutated virus has already been detected in a nursing home in Zealand, several hundred kilometers from where the outbreak occurred. According to Danish Politiken, the virus has also been detected in Croatia.
Fear the pandemic will start again
Health Director Bjørn Guldvog has also raised concerns that the coronavirus could be transmitted between minks and humans.
– It is now clear that corona transmission occurs between minks and humans, first from humans to minks, but we have also seen some cases of minks to humans, Guldvog said during the government press conference on Wednesday.
– It is worrying that humans and other animals can interact around this virus. It creates greater opportunities for changes in the properties of the virus, he said.
