Mink-Coronavirus “Cluster-5”: Why Experts Want to Quickly Eradicate It

Explaining why coronavirus evolution in minks poses a threat, leading to the decision to cull 17 million minks in Denmark.

Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Microbial Instincts
5 min readNov 7, 2020

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Source: Otwarte Klatki (CC BY 2.0)

Denmark has decided to slaughter all farmed minks — 17 million of them — due to a mutated SARS-CoV-2 found circulating in over 200 mink farms

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Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Microbial Instincts

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