translated from Spanish: WHO confirms a dozen cases of Covid-19 associated with mink

Europe.- The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Saturday that the dozen cases among patients aged 7 to 79 who were registered last September in North Jutland in Denmark, eight of the cases had a link to mink rearing on farms in the local community. According to the research presented by WHO, preliminary data suggest that the variant referred to as “group 5” is similar in severity and nature of transmission between SARS-CoV-2 virus infected with Covid-19 virus, only that, unlike covid-19, the one that has been recorded above has mutations not previously observed.
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Despite this, WHO explains that so far it is difficult to indicate the consequences of these mutations, which are reportedly associated with mink, it was also explained that scientific studies continue to confirm preliminary evidence to understand how diagnosis and treatment could affect diagnosis and treatment, as well as vaccine development.

As part of a strategy for a new catastrophe, local governments opted for the slaughter of more than 17 million farm mink, as an aggressive measure to contain the spread of this virus among animals and people. Moreover, WHO added that since the world’s first case of Covid-19 in December 2019, scientific research suggests that the virus is associated with bats, yet its provenance as well as potential carriers have not yet been clearly determined. He also explained that evidence has shown that several animals that have contact with infected people such as dogs, cats, lions or tigers and mink can test positive for covid-19.

Original source in Spanish