Denmark has already launched a nationwide cull of its farmed mink herd after concerns for vaccine efficacy

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Sophie Kevanyand Tom Carstensen

Wed 18 Nov 202012.31ESTLast modified on Wed 18 Nov 202014.58EST

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Seven countries are now reporting mink-related Sars-CoV-2 mutations in humans, according to new scientific analysis.

The mutations are identified as Covid-19 mink variants as they have repeatedly been found in mink and now in humans as well.

Uncertainty around the implications of the discovery of a Covid-19 mink variant in humans led Denmark, the world’s largest mink fur producer, to launch a nationwidecullearlier this month.

The cull was sparked by research from Denmark’s public health body,the…