COVID from minks: First few animal-to-human transmission cases confirmed. How harmful is it?
New York Times. But this theory cannot be conclusively proved. “Because there are few genetic sequences available from the communities around the farm, it is impossible to know for sure whether the mutations came from mink on the farm or were already circulating in the community," she said.
The same mutant version of the virus has been reported from mink farms in Europe and people connected with that farm. Similar cases of mink-to-human transmission have also been reported in Denmark, the Netherlands and elsewhere.
Overall, transmission of the virus from animals to humans is believed to be rare. Humans are far more likely to spread the virus to one another, or to other species, than they are to catch it from animals, experts say.
But it is not impossible. In the past two years, we have witnessed an explosive rise in the number of COVID cases, this could be due to animal to human transmission but cannot be stated for sure.
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