Prognosis
Denmark Covid-19 Virus Mutation Leads to New Restrictions
- Denmark to cull up to 17 million mink to fight Covid outbreak
- Scientists fear the new strain could undermine vaccine efforts
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A new Covid-19 mutation that started in Denmark’s mink population has spread beyond the region in which it was first discovered to the eastern part of the country.
Health officials made the announcement as a lockdown was imposed on much of Denmark’s western peninsula of Jutland, home to most of the country’s mink production. Denmark is now in talks with the World Health Organization amid concerns the mutant strain found in the animals may derail efforts to develop a vaccine against Covid-19.