Corona mutation: Authorities seal off region with hundreds of thousands of people - "The world's eyes on us"

A mutation of the coronavirus is discovered in Denmark - in minks.

Several people have also been infected with this form of corona.

The government takes tough action.

The news ticker.

• Corona mutation in North Jutland

  : The

  coronavirus *

  is found in

  animals

  in

  Denmark

  .

• The

  mutation of

  the insidious

  corona virus is also

  found

  in twelve people

  .

• The Danish government has 15 million animals killed -

  the North Jutland region

  is effectively cordoned off.

Update from November 5th, 9:30 pm:

“The world's eyes are on us.” With these words, the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen

justified

strict security measures in the wake of the

.

The authorities have

reacted

to the outbreak of a new type of

and

de facto sealed off the

.

The area covers the entire north of

around the city of Aalborg (around 120,000 inhabitants).

Corona mutation in minks: Danish government kills millions of animals

First report from November 4th:

Copenhagen - The

was most likely transmitted from animals to humans, so why shouldn't it be the other way around?

This is exactly the problem that Germany's neighbor

is currently

struggling with.

A total of every third new corona case in some regions can be traced back to the mink farms in the country.

With 15 to 17 million animals, Denmark is the world's largest producer of mink fur.

There are currently 1,139 breeding farms - now the animals are to be killed because they

can transmit

a mutated form of the

to humans.

+

In Denmark, numerous minks are infected with the corona virus.

© Mads Claus Rasmussen / dpa / AP / Ritzau Scanpix

Because of Corona, Denmark wants to kill over 15 million animals - Corona mutation can be dangerous

Prime Minister

has ordered all affected minks in the country to be killed.

On the one hand, there is concern that the upcoming

may no longer work as a result.

On the other hand, the

spreading rapidly under the mink - and not only in

, but throughout Europe and beyond.

"We see that every third corona case in North Jutland can be traced back to the mink farms," ​​said Danish

Anders Formsgaard.

The

been found on more than 200 farms

proven in Denmark, new suspected cases are added almost daily.

If the virus is detected on a farm, the

in the affected breed and in all farms within a radius of eight kilometers should be killed.

For the breeders absolutely incomprehensible, since their existence is at stake and the animals

have survived

the

again

after a short time

.

The entire population of mink has already been killed on 67 farms, with more to follow.

Arge # COVID19 message from Denmark: Virus mutation in Danish "mink farms".

Over 12 people have already been infected with the mutated virus.

Now all the minks must be killed.

According to the Danish police, that's over 15 million!

https://t.co/VBJKoIDupg

- Katharina Schell (@katinka_sch) November 4, 2020

Mink kill because of corona virus in the Netherlands too

A similar decision has already been taken in the

.

In June, following similar outbreaks, it was decided to kill all fur animals on affected farms.

The

can spread through wild martens belonging to the same family.

spread uncontrollably through the mink.

List of rubric lists: © Mads Claus Rasmussen / dpa / AP / Ritzau Scanpix