The transmission of COVID-19 among mink populations could lead to the virus rapidly mutating before jumping into humans, an EU health agency has warned. Such mutations come with the risk that the virus may become more infectious, more deadly, alter the risk of reinfection or scupper prospective vaccines in the works. The transmission of COVID-19 among mink populations could lead to the virus rapidly mutating before jumping into humans, an EU health agency has warned. 'The report further validates the decision by the Danish government to respond to the public health risk that is presented by the fur trade.' It, she added, should also be ' a serious wake-up call for mink farming countries not yet systematically testing mink to take urgent action.'

Source: Daily Mail November 13, 2020 14:51 UTC