COVID-19 -- Denmark
Denmark set off alarm bells this week with its announcement that it is culling the nation's entire mink herd -- the largest in the world -- to stop spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the prized fur species because of potentially dangerous mutations.
Inter-species jumps of viruses make scientists nervous -- as do suggestions of potentially significant mutations that result from those jumps. In this case, Danish authorities say they've found some genetic changes that might undermine the
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7922587&promed&0
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