THE HAGUE, July 3 — Dutch authorities announced today that yet another mink farm has been infected with the novel coronavirus, making 18 in total, with thousands of animals to be culled. The outbreak was reported on a farm at Landhorst in the southeast, the Health Ministry said in a statement, in...
Workers in protective garments walk at a farm where minks were gassed, as the country continues a cull to prevent the animals from possibly infecting humans with the coronavirus disease , in De Mortel, Netherlands June 9, 2020. — Reuters pic
The outbreak was reported on a farm at Landhorst in the southeast, the Health Ministry said in a statement, in the same region where 17 other farms were also infected. At least two workers were also infected in what the World Health Organization said could be the first known animal-to-human transmissions.The farming of mink for fur is a controversial subject in the Netherlands, where all mink farms will have to be phased out by 2024.
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