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Jensen admitted the mistake and said that he was responsible.
The Danish minister is retiring after his scandalous decision to destroy all minks in the country due to COVID-19 infection. The high official apologized to the breeders.
The Danish Minister of Agriculture and Food, Mogens Jensen, decided to leave his post due to the scandal with the destruction of millions of minks in the country, when the animals were diagnosed with the coronavirus, reports Danish Radio (DR), citing the minister himself .
“I no longer have the necessary support among the parliamentary parties. That is why today I told the Prime Minister that I want to leave the government,” the minister said on Wednesday, November 18, adding that he admits that mistakes were made in his department. and he is “responsible for it.”
Jensen said he regrets the decision to eliminate all mink on Danish fur farms. The minister apologized to the “mink farmers who found themselves in a difficult situation.”
Mogens Jensen made the decision to step down after being severely criticized by parliamentary parties and residents of the country, who pointed out that there was no legal basis for killing all minks in Denmark.
After the scandal, it became known that Denmark will try to save minks that carry the coronavirus.
Also the day before, 200 people were reported to have fallen ill with COVID-19 on Danish mink farms.
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