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WHO probes coronavirus mutation in minks as millions of animals culled – The New Daily
The WHO is undertaking a risk assessment after a mutated strain of the coronavirus was found in 214 people and on five mink farms in Denmark.
The World Health Organisation is looking at biosecurity around mink farms in countries across the world to prevent further “spill-over events” after Denmark ordered a mink cull because of an outbreak of coronavirus infections in the animals.
Maria van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead for COVID-19, told a briefing in Geneva on Friday that transmission of the virus between animals and humans was “a concern”.
But she added: “Mutations (in viruses) are normal. These type of changes in the virus are…
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