coronavirus continues to infect and kill humans around the world, there are now growing fears about the mutation of the deadly virus in animals.Authorities in Denmark announced this week that a mutated strain of the virus was found on five mink farms that infected 12 people, prompting an order by the prime minister to kill the country’s entire 17-million-large mink population and the enforcement of strict lockdown measures in the north of the country.
Denmark to cull up to 17M minks after coronavirus mutation spreads to humans COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, is categorized as a zoonotic disease that is passed from animals to humans.Scientists believe the virus originated from bats, but there is still ongoing research.