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Danish health officials believe that the mutation of the new coronavirus found in mink, which could threaten the effectiveness of future vaccines, has been eradicated and this Thursday they lifted the restrictions imposed two weeks ago in the most affected area.
“No other case of the Cluster 5 mink mutation has been detected since 15 September, so the institute in charge of infectious diseases (ISS) believes that the mutation is probably extinct,” the Danish Ministry of Health said in a statement, announcing the survey restrictions in the affected region.
The Danish authorities had already lifted on 13 November some of the restrictions imposed in seven municipalities in North Jutland and which, in principle, should be in force until 3 December.
Between now and Monday all cultural and sports institutions, restaurants, bars, schools and institutes will be reopened. Public transportation will resume and the recommendation to residents of these places not to travel to other parts of the country will be withdrawn.
The Danish government has ordered the death of the 15 million minke that were on farms in Denmark, the world’s largest producer, after detecting five mutations of the coronavirus.
The measure generated a political crisis in this Nordic country, when it was found that the Government did not have legal coverage to order the compulsory sacrifice of all animals, but only where contagion was detected or in its immediate area.
Although the Social Democratic Executive earlier this week closed an agreement with several center-left parties to promote legal reforms, pressure from the opposition and allies forced the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Mogens Jensen, to resign on Wednesday. .
To date, 10.2 million animals have been killed in Denmark.
With three times more minks than inhabitants, the Nordic kingdom is the world’s largest exporter and the second largest producer, behind China, with a profit in the sector of around 670 million euros.
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