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Another Danish mink farm hit by COVID-19
Source: Xinhua| 2020-08-27 00:49:51|Editor: huaxia
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Another mink farm in Denmark has been struck down with COVID-19, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA) said on Wednesday.
The finding comes after the positive testing of dead mink from four herds in four different farms belonging to one mink breeder in North Jutland last week, a press officer with the DVFA told Xinhua.
However, "with the surveillance strategy and the stricter restrictions for infected mink farms, the government finds it justifiable to let infected herds live, as the risk of infection spreading is minimal," said a press release from DVFA.
The farm is reportedly to be the fifth mink farm in the country that has been hit by the COVID-19.
Testing of dead mink has been a requirement since July, when the government stepped up the monitoring of mink farms, requiring all dead mink to be submitted for COVID-19 testing.
The decision came in the wake of serious outbreaks of the coronavirus in Danish mink herds in June, resulting in the first three affected mink farms having to cull their herds.
As mink workers and residents of care homes near the infected mink farms test positive for COVID-19 in increasing numbers, the country's Aalborg University and the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) have drafted a study using innovative genetic mapping techniques to trace the chain of infection and establish its source.
The mink samples "contained viruses that were closely related to viruses found in humans in Denmark, which indicates that the infection to mink most likely occurred via a human," said the study.
Denmark has reported a total of 16,537 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 623 deaths, according to the SSI's daily update. Enditem
Another Danish mink farm hit by COVID-19
Source: Xinhua| 2020-08-27 00:49:51|Editor: huaxia
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Another mink farm in Denmark has been struck down with COVID-19, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA) said on Wednesday.
The finding comes after the positive testing of dead mink from four herds in four different farms belonging to one mink breeder in North Jutland last week, a press officer with the DVFA told Xinhua.
However, "with the surveillance strategy and the stricter restrictions for infected mink farms, the government finds it justifiable to let infected herds live, as the risk of infection spreading is minimal," said a press release from DVFA.
The farm is reportedly to be the fifth mink farm in the country that has been hit by the COVID-19.
Testing of dead mink has been a requirement since July, when the government stepped up the monitoring of mink farms, requiring all dead mink to be submitted for COVID-19 testing.
The decision came in the wake of serious outbreaks of the coronavirus in Danish mink herds in June, resulting in the first three affected mink farms having to cull their herds.
As mink workers and residents of care homes near the infected mink farms test positive for COVID-19 in increasing numbers, the country's Aalborg University and the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) have drafted a study using innovative genetic mapping techniques to trace the chain of infection and establish its source.
The mink samples "contained viruses that were closely related to viruses found in humans in Denmark, which indicates that the infection to mink most likely occurred via a human," said the study.
Denmark has reported a total of 16,537 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 623 deaths, according to the SSI's daily update. Enditem
