UK scientists seek mutant Covid samples from Danish mink farms
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#5A3WB)
Tests will investigate whether virus evades antibodies from recovered patients and those in vaccine trials
Scientists in the UK are working to secure samples of a mutant form of coronavirus that arose in Danish mink farms and spread into humans, prompting ministers to ban non-UK citizens arriving from Denmark.
Danish health authorities raised the alarm over the mutant virus last week and announced a cull of the nation's 17 million mink as the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) in Copenhagen warned of potentially serious consequences" for vaccines if it was allowed to spread internationally.
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