Denmark wants to cull 15 million mink over Covid fears

Mink in a farm in Gjoel in North Jutland, Denmark (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AP)

The Danish government wants to cull all 15 million mink in the country’s farms, to minimise the risk of them retransmitting coronavirus to humans.

Prime minister Mette Frederiksen said a report from a government agency that maps coronavirus in Denmark has shown a mutation in the virus found in 12 people in the northern part of the country who got infected by mink.