Outbreaks have occurred on mink farms in Denmark, the Netherlands ... The novel coronavirus is thought to have first jumped from animals to humans in China, possibly via bats or another animal ...

Minks readily host and spread the virus and because this strain has now been found in humans, the prime minister announced on November 4 that Denmark would cull the entire stock of its mink farms, ...

raising concerns that escaped farmed mink could transmit the disease to wild animals. COVID-19 outbreaks have also occurred in mink farms across Europe, where most of the world’s fur is produced. In ...