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Denmark to cull all farmed minks over COVID-19 fears

November 4, 2020

Denmark has said it would cull all farmed minks after a mutated version of the coronavirus was detected at its mink farms and had spread to humans.

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Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said Denmark will cull all farmed minks. A mutated version of the coronavirus was detected at its mink farms and had spread to humans. Frederiksen said the mutation could pose a risk to future vaccines. The government said half the 783 human coronavirus cases in northern Denmark ''are related'' to mink. At least 207 farms were now infected, up from 41 last month. The government said that the culling of Denmark’s estimated 15 million minks could cost up to €670 million. The government has promised to compensate farmers.