COVID-19 taken at the first B.C. farm to have an outbreak of the virus.At least 17 workers and their contacts and five mink at the farm, which has not been publicly identified, have tested positive for the virus.
Another 200 mink died at the site earlier in December.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control said samples of the virus were examined by both its own Public Health Laboratory, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease Laboratory in Winnipeg.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“One common mutation was detected in both the animals and the farm workers,” said the BCCDC.