Scientists from the Medical University of Gdansk have found eight cases of Covid-19 in mink at a mink farm in northern Poland.
Poland began to test its farmed mink for coronavirus this month, following the discovery of a mutated virus in farmed mink in Denmark, which resulted in a national mink cull.
Last week authorities disclosed that 18 cases of coronavirus had been found in workers on Polish mink farms since the pandemic began. It is not thought that these workers were infected by the animals.
The statement from The University of Gdansk said: “this is the first case of confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2 in farm animals in Poland.” Two scientists examined 91 mink for Covid-19, eight of which tested positive.
