Denmark Mink Covid Crisis Worsens. Cross-Infection to and from Humans.
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The United Kingdom has banned travelers from Denmark after the country reported a widespread outbreak of a new variant of the virus which causes Covid-19 in mink farms.
The development came days after the Danish government announced it planned to cull the nation's entire mink population in order to contain the spread.
There are between 15 and 17 million mink in Denmark, whereas its human population stands at around 5.5 million.
Denmark drops plans for mass mink cull after Covid mutation fears
Last Wednesday the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said all the country's mink would be culled due to fears that a Covid-19 mutation moving from mink to humans could jeopardise future vaccines.
But opposition to the move swiftly emerged. "Massive doubts over whether this cull is properly scientifically based [have] come to light now," said Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, the leader of Denmark's largest opposition party, Venstre. "At the same time the government is taking away the livelihood of a large number of people without actually having the legal rights to do so."
Frederik Waage, law professor at the University of Southern Denmark, told Danish national paper Berlingske the cull order was "illegal".
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