There was shock last week when Denmark decided to cull all its mink - up to 17 million animals - because of the spread of coronavirus. That national cull has turned into a political outcry ...

Mutations in coronavirus have triggered culls of millions of farmed mink in Denmark. Part of the country has been put under lockdown after Danish authorities found genetic changes they say might ...

Denmark isn't alone in its sacrifice of mink to protect humans from the coronavirus. The Netherlands, Spain, and Ireland are culling to curb outbreaks too, signalling what could be the beginning ...

Some researchers fear that the mink coronavirus mutation in Denmark has pandemic potential, while others say more research is needed before suggesting current COVID-19 vaccine candidates might be ...

Denmark will cull its mink population of up to 17 million after a mutation of the coronavirus found in the animals spread to humans, the prime minister said on Wednesday (4 November). Minkfarmer ...

Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said on Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had ...

Denmark announced special restrictions for more than 280,000 people in the country's northwest after a mutated version of the new coronavirus linked to mink farms was found in humans. MADS CLAUS ...

Denmark, one of the world’s largest fur producers, is not the only country to report coronavirus outbreaks on mink farms. The Netherlands, Spain and Sweden have also reported cases linked to the ...

The carcasses of Danish mink culled to prevent the spread of a mutated strain of COVID-19 have swollen up and risen to the surface of their mass graves, according to local media. Gas bloating has ...

Scientists from Denmark have already uploaded genetic sequences of the mink coronavirus, allowing international experts to study the strain — and the first results are already here. Don't Miss ...

warning that the transmission of COVID-19 among animals could speed up the number of mutations in the virus before it potentially jumps back into people. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, ...