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The first crown drop on a Danish mink farm was discovered in June this year and infection has now been found in around 284 farms.
A mutation of the coronavirus was found among minks infected during the fall, and the mutated variant had also spread to humans.
A mutated coronavirus could have serious consequences for a future protection vaccination against covid-19, both in Denmark and around the world, according to the infection control body Statens serum institut.
This led to the Danish Social Democratic government announcing on November 4 that a decision had been made to kill all minks in the country, both infected and healthy.
On November 8, the Berlingske newspaper revealed that there is no legal basis for killing healthy mink or herds of mink in established disease areas.
On November 7, the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mogens Jensen (S), must have learned that the decision was illegal, but it was only on November 10 that mink farmers in the country received this information.
A report has also shown that the ministries and authorities previously knew that the decision had no legal basis.
On November 18, the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mogens Jensen (S), resigned. Jensen was also Minister for Gender Equality, Fisheries and Nordic Cooperation.
On November 25, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) apologizes for the government’s handling of the mink issue.
