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A mutated version of the coronavirus has been found in twelve patients in North Jutland, Denmark. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced that the virus had mutated under the mink and was later transmitted to humans.
She cautions that a future vaccine may not help with the mutated virus. And this could spread to Denmark and eventually the whole world.
Therefore, the Danish government has decided to take a drastic step: every mink in the country will be killed. Millions of animals, annihilated.
Crown boxes in over 200 mink farms
Mink fur is popular for fur coats, among other things. Denmark is the world’s largest producer of mink fur. There are currently 1,139 breeding farms and around 15 to 17 million minks in the country.
According to the Danish authorities, corona cases have already been found on more than 200 farms. The fur population has already been killed on 67 farms. The government assured me that the mink farmers would be compensated. (ha)