Despite it being expressly stated by several parties last week, Maeva and Miles still insist on speaking in French to one another. While Maeva and James are making breakfast the morning after the tension-filled black tie soiree, Miles pops into the kitchen to retrieve his overnight oats from the fridge. It’s at this point Maeva asks … Read more
Danes living near mass mink graves in Denmark have complained of the smell – as trucks spilled bodies of the culled animals across roads in horrifying scenes. Police and medics were this week forced to issue a warning about the smell from mass graves at Holstebro and Karup, where trenches have been dug to deal … Read more
Rapid coronavirus mutations in MINK could produce a more deadly version of the disease and even render vaccines useless if humans became infected, EU health agency warns Mink farms have the potential to support a large number of transmission events This could allow for problematic mutations to arise and potential infect humans In Denmark, 214 … Read more
There is a ‘very low’ risk of mink spreading a mutant form of coronavirus to people living in the UK, Public Health England has insisted. Fears over a newly-evolved strain of Covid have been raised after Denmark said one — dubbed ‘Cluster 5’ — was less responsive to antibodies, which could render a vaccine useless … Read more
Israel is feared to be the latest country to be hit by the mutated strain of coronavirus spread by mink in Denmark. The Israeli Health Ministry is testing three citizens who recently returned from the Scandinavian country where the new infection is spreading from animals to humans. If positive, Israel could join the US, Italy, … Read more
Foreign lorry drivers WILL be turned back from the UK border if they have recently travelled through Denmark amid widespread Covid outbreaks on Danish mink farms ‘Mutation’ of Covid-19 at mink farms poses ‘risk to the effectiveness’ of a vaccine Scientists fear it could be a ‘new pandemic starting again, this time in Denmark’ Lorries … Read more
The mutated form of coronavirus found in Danish mink has now spread to more than 200 people as Denmark’s Prime Minister warned the strain ‘could pose a risk that future vaccines won’t work’. The country announced more than 280,000 people in the north Jutland region will now be in lockdown amid growing fears over the … Read more
Denmark will cull its mink population of up to 17 million in an effort to minimise the risk of them re-transmitting a new version of coronavirus to humans. The nation’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Wednesday that the mutated virus in farmed minks could have ‘devastating consequences worldwide’ and action was ‘necessary’. A report from a government … Read more
Russia says it is developing a Covid-19 vaccine for mink and CATS after boasting it has made first treatment for humans A vaccine for animals is being worked on and is expected to be tested in autumn Russia has around 100 fur farms specialising in mink for the large fur industry Vladimir Putin hailed the … Read more
The Dutch government has ordered the closure of mink fur farms amid fears that they could act as ‘reservoirs’ for COVID-19 after two workers caught the disease. Nine infected farms will be closed from tomorrow, with thousands of mink — whose glossy coats are prized for fur clothing — to be culled in the cautionary … Read more