Veterinary workers cull 17 million Danish mink to halt new Covid
by Robin McKie from Science | The Guardian on (#5A3HP)
The animals were carrying a new strain of the virus, possibly vaccine-resistant, and infected several hundred people
Veterinary workers have begun the gruesome business of gassing and then burning 17 million mink in Danish farms in a bid to halt further spread of a Covid-19 mutation from the animals to humans.
The decision to cull the country's mink population was made after several hundred people became infected with a new strain of Covid-19 that had infected the animals. Researchers have warned this strain could be more resistant to vaccines.
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