Irish mink farms told animals will be culled to prevent coronavirus mutation

Animals, Coronavirus, Europe, Health, Ireland, Mink, Science

Three mink farms in the Republic of Ireland have been told their mink are to be culled to halt a potential spread of a mutated form of coronavirus.

Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan has said the country’s farmed mink population should be culled.

In a letter to the Department of Agriculture, Dr Holohan said the presence of farmed minks presents “an ongoing risk to public health” if the Covid variant found in Denmark was to become “the dominant strain of the virus”.

He said all mink should be culled “as a matter of urgency”.

BBC.co.uk report

 

 

 

 

 

** This post was originally published on November 19, 2020 **