Mink are the latest animal to be infected with covid-19, risking the prospect of a dangerous mutation that could pass back to humans. While the threat is small, there are many reasons that animals catching the coronavirus is bad news
Health
11 November 2020
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ALL 17 million farmed mink in Denmark were put at risk of being slaughtered last week after the discovery that mutant forms of the coronavirus are spreading among the animals. The virus has already spread back to humans. Some reports suggest that at least one of the mutations makes the virus more dangerous, although the idea is highly disputed, and claims that it could hamper the development of a vaccine don’t yet stand up to scrutiny.
The call for culling …
source: newscientist.com