Denmark, 'minks transmit mutated Covid'

(ANSA) - ROME, NOVEMBER 05 - The Danish Prime Minister MettFrederiksn has launched the mink alarm: all the specimens present in the country must be killed immediately, about 15-17 million, announced referring to a study by the government agency 'Staten Serum Institut' which has identified a new mutation of Covid in mink that has already spread to humans and could potentially jeopardize the efficacy of the future cow. The Danish media reported this, underlining that 12 people infected with the new virus variation and 207 infected mink farms would already be. Employees of the Veterinary and Food Administration and the Danish Agency for Emergency Management, in protective equipment, have already started culling ivisoni in Gjol, North Jutland where mink farms have been the hardest hit, among the 1100 present on the national territory. "We are aware of reports from Denmark about a number of people infected with the mink coronavirus, as well as some genetic changes in the virus. We are in contact with the Danish authorities to find out more," WHO reports in a tweet. (HANDLE).