The government program already has obligations to gradually stop the cultivation of minks in Ireland.
In Ireland, mink farm owners need to prepare to destroy animals in order to stop the possible spread of the mutated form of coronavirus COVID-19. It is reported by the BBC on Thursday, November 19.
Authorities fear that a mutated form of coronavirus could potentially damage the effectiveness of a future vaccine.
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The chief doctor of Ireland, Tony Holohan, said that the number of burrows that are grown in the country should be destroyed. In a letter to the Department of Agriculture, Holohan noted that minks grown on farms pose a “constant risk to public health.”
In this regard, all minks should be destroyed “as a matter of urgency.”
Irish national broadcaster RTÉ said that it is not yet planned to immediately reject animals. However, officials of the Ministry of Agriculture told farm owners in the counties of Lieut, Kerry and Donegal that this would happen.
The government program already has obligations to gradually stop the cultivation of minks in Ireland. However, it is also expected that farms will be allowed to remove fur from animals after their euthanasia in order to fulfill outstanding orders.
In turn, the Danish Ministry of Health said that the mutated strain of coronavirus, which was found in minks on farms, “most likely” has already disappeared, reports Reuters. This conclusion was made there on the basis of assessments of the research institute Statens Serum Institut.
According to the Danish department, cases of infection with mutated coronavirus have not been recorded in the country since September 15.
On the eve it was reported that in Denmark all minks with coronavirus were destroyed. In the country, the infection was detected on 284 mink farms, another 25 mink farms are under suspicion.
Earlier on mink farms of Denmark 200 people who worked at six enterprises for cultivation of these animals got sick with COVID-19.
