Category: Animals
Coronavirus infected mink spilled over 12 miles of road in Denmark
Thousands of dead coronavirus infected mink were found along a 12-mile stretch of road, having fallen from a truck on their way to be buried. More...
Coronavirus infection spreads at mink farms in Sweden
Coronavirus has been detected at a further three mink farms in southern Sweden, according to the National Veterinary Institute. More...
Coronavirus found in Greece mink farms
The new coronavirus has been found in mink at two farms in northern Greece, an agriculture ministry official said on Friday. More...
Coronavirus kills 15,000 mink in the USA
More than 15,000 mink in the United States have died of the coronavirus since August, and authorities are keeping about a dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases, state agriculture officials said. More...
Mink coronavirus alert as UK hospitals ordered to keep suspected cases in isolation
Every hospital in the #UK has been ordered to isolate suspected “mink virus” patients amid increasing efforts to prevent a mutant strain of Covid from spreading to Britain. More...
Iceland to screen 15,000 mink farms for SARS-CoV-2
In light of the contagion of a mutated variant of the coronavirus from mink to people in Denmark, the (Iceland) Food Administration intends to start screening for coronavirus on the country’s mink farms. More...
England bans planes and ships from Denmark
England has banned ships, planes and freight from Denmark in response to fears about a new coronavirus mutation from mink bred at Danish farms transmitting to humans. More...
All Finland mink farms to be tested for SARS-CoV-2
The first phase of the forthcoming testing (of Finnish mink farms) will involve 30 farms from ten different municipalities in different provinces of Ostrobothnia, where most of Finland’s approximately 700 fur farms are located. More...
Coronavirus infected mink to be buried in Denmark’s military bases
Since the Danish government ordered that Denmarkâs total mink population be killed, the incinerators simply cannot keep up. More...
Truck sheds its load of Covid infected mink on a highway in Denmark
A large number of dead mink ended up on the asphalt on the E45 motorway on Saturday night. More...