Covid-19 has been found in mink on a farm in northern Poland that can be passed to humans, the Agriculture Ministry said.
The strain was discovered last month, raising fears of culls with more than 350 farms in the country.
“Data obtained from the chief sanitary inspectorate and last year’s experiences in Denmark and the Netherlands clearly indicate that also in Poland, this virus can spread from mink to humans and vice-versa,” the ministry said.
Following the discovery of Covid-19 at the farm in Kartuzy county, Polish authorities said all mink there would be culled.
Last November, the entire farmed mink population of 17 million animals in Denmark was culled after farms reported outbreaks of coronavirus and authorities found mutated strains of the virus.
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