Dutch mink farms have begun a government-ordered cull over concern that animals infected with coronavirus could transmit it to humans.
The government ordered the cull of 10,000 mink on Wednesday after determining that affected farms could act as long-term reservoirs of the disease.
Dutch mink were first infected with coronavirus by their handlers in April. The government identified two cases in which humans had been infected by sick animals in May, the only animal-to-human transmissions known since the global outbreak began in China.
Dutch farms ordered to cull 10,000 mink over coronavirus risk
Two people infected by mink in only known animal-to-human transmissions since outbreak began
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