COVID-19 on a Fraser Valley mink farm is believed to have led to the deaths of at least 200 mink.B.C.’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries said Friday night that an estimated one per cent of the farm’s mink population have died in the past week.“The majority of the mink on the farm do not appear to be showing symptoms, and we understand the mortality rate has slowed in recent days,” the Ministry said in a statement to Global News.
Mink on farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley test positive for COVID-19 Early this month it was revealed that eight workers at the farm tested positive for COVID-19 and that the animals were being tested to see if they have contracted the virus.Testing results from the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease.