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Denmark has closed North Jutland to prevent the spread of the mutated mink virus.
But the new crown mutation has already spread from the region, confirms the Danish SSI.
– We risk becoming a new Wuhan, says Danish professor Hans Jørn Kolmos.
Denmark has decided to kill all 15 million minks in the country as soon as possible. The dramatic decision was made after a new coronavirus mutation was discovered in mink in North Jutland.
The worrying thing is that the mutation has also been found in humans, meaning it can spread between minks and humans.
214 human cases
To stop the variant of the virus, North Jutland has been shut down. But it may be too late already. According to the Danish SSI (Statens Serum Institute), 214 cases of the mutation have been discovered in humans, and 14 of them are outside North Jutland, writes the Danish Ekstrabladet.
The cases were discovered between June and October, according to SSI. The new corona variant has also been discovered in humans in Croatia.
Hans Jørn Kolmos, Danish professor of microbiology, who says that infection is known to jump from minks to humans and vice versa for a long time, it is critical that the decision to kill all Danish minks comes only now.
May cause a new pandemic
He says he has previously tried to increase the risks of infection in mink farms, which he says are “highly explosive” and may cause a new pandemic.
– This has acquired an international dimension. If you don’t act, we run the risk of becoming a new Wuhan. Suddenly we’re going to report to WHO, then it starts to get dangerous. We’re in a completely different league now, he tells JydskeVestkysten.
One concern that has arisen with the new mutation is that the vaccine that is now being produced is losing its effect. This is if the mutation occurs in the virus’ nail protein, the tags that cause the virus to enter cells.
Most vaccines target the protein in the nail in an attempt to make the virus less harmful.
– Mutations happen all the time, but so far we haven’t seen the nail protein being affected. But if you suddenly see something that indicates that the nail protein is changing, we should of course take a closer look at it, Ali Mirazimi said in a previous interview with Aftonbladet.
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