Minks are the latest addition to the list of animals that we know can be infected with coronavirus. In the case of an outbreak in the Netherlands — the minks are thought to have passed the disease back to humans.
Yuri Tutov /AFP via Getty ImagesMinks on two fur farms in the Netherlands began getting sick in late April. Some were coughing, with runny noses; others had signs of severe respiratory disease. Soon, they started dying.The culprit: SARS-COV-2, the novel coronavirus causing a global pandemic.
, a veterinarian who studies viruses at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Then the virus spread among the animals in the farms like wildfire. The Netherlands is one of the world's top exporters of mink fur for coats and trim. The outbreak was first reported on two of its approximately 125 farms and has now been found in at least 17. Van der Poel says the virus was likely spread to more farms either from infected workers who traveled between locations or from virus-contaminated products that moved from one farm to another.
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