New variants of the new coronavirus have been found in mink

The world continues to fight an invisible, powerful and easily infected enemy. The vaccine takes time to appear and to further complicate the situation, variants of the new coronavirus have been discovered.

Recently, a mutation of the coronavirus virus (SARS-CoV-2) has been found in mink in Denmark. The government has given orders to euthanize more than 17 million minks.

According to data published by the Statens Serum Institut, a Danish reference center for infectious diseases, 214 people have already been detected with a SARS-CoV-2 virus mutation.
According to the Statens Serum Institut, "the infection among mink farms is increasing in number and geographic extension, without preventive measures having worked."
Five variants of coronavirus were detected in mink
The Institute also warns about the fact that “New variants of the new coronavirus have been found in mink, showing reduced sensitivity to antibodies from several people with a history of infection.  This is serious, as it may mean that a future COVID-19 vaccine will be less effective against infection by these variants. "

The Institute adds that Five variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been detected in mink and one of them "shows less susceptibility to the antibodies of several individuals with previous infections compared to the non-mutated virus."  These variants of the coronavirus were found in people who worked on farms, but also in the local population.
The British government has already announced that it has removed Denmark from its list of safe air corridors due to this situation.  Therefore, travelers from Denmark must be quarantined for 14 days once they arrive in the UK.

The COVID-19 pandemic already causes more than 1.2 million deaths in more than 48.1 million contagion cases worldwide, according to a report prepared by the French agency AFP.  Portugal registers more than 161 thousand cases and COVID-19 has killed 2740 people.