Denmark to cull up to 17 million mink amid coronavirus fears BBC [View all]
They are trying to stop a mutation detected
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Twelve people had become infected, the authorities said.
Prime Minister Frederiksen described the situation as "very, very serious".
She cited a government report which said the mutated virus had been found to weaken the body's ability to form antibodies, potentially making the current vaccines under development for Covid-19 ineffective.
"We have a great responsibility towards our own population, but with the mutation that has now been found, we have an even greater responsibility for the rest of the world as well," she told a news conference.
Minks at more than 1,000 farms are to be culled. Police Chief Thorkild Fogde said it would be a "very large undertaking".
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