And in Denmark, too, where hundreds of human infections related to mink have farmers scrambling. "We were told that we should gas all our mink," farmer Hans Henrik Jeppesen told Reuters.

The UK has imposed a ban on non-UK citizens coming from Denmark amid concerns over a new coronavirus strain that has spread from mink to humans. UK citizens can return from Denmark - but will have ...

It comes after health authorities in Denmark found a mutated form of coronavirus that can pass to humans was present in the country's mink farms. The announcement was made at around 01:30 GMT ...

The request comes after news that Denmark, the world’s largest mink producer, will kill more than 15 million of the animals due to fears that a COVID-19 mutation spreading from mink to humans could ...

COVID-19 outbreaks have also occurred in mink farms across Europe, where most of the world’s fur is produced. In Denmark, 17 million mink were culled in November after outbreaks at Danish fur farms.

which handles its fur brokerage and mink farming businesses. This potential disposal aligns with the company’s strategy to pivot away from the fur industry due to Danish policy changes and focus ...

On Nov. 6, weeks before the recent outbreak, the Center wrote to the Oregon agencies urging them to take active measures to ensure that COVID-19 was not spreading at Oregon’s mink facilities. That ...