"World Health" records the second highest daily death toll from the virus
Corona was monitored on mink farms in 6 countries, including Denmark and the United States
Mink animals were killed on a farm in Denmark after the emergence of the Corona virus on the farm.
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Six countries, including Denmark and the United States, reported monitoring new cases of Coronavirus related to farms raising mink animals, according to the World Health Organization, while the World Health Organization announced yesterday, a new record for Corona virus infections in one day, The day before yesterday.
In detail, Denmark warned that the mutation of the virus could threaten the effectiveness of any future vaccine, and it ordered the disposal of all these animals on its territory, which are estimated to number between 15 and 17 million.
The other countries that detected SARS-Cove-2 cases in mink animals are: Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, according to the organization's statement.
Yesterday, Britain banned entry to all non-resident foreigners from Denmark, after the mutated virus, associated with mink farms, was detected in humans.
Scientists say that viral mutations are common and often harmless, and the current mutation of the virus does not cause more serious disease in humans.
However, the Danish health authorities expressed concern that the new strain, which was called "focus 5", was not inhibited by antibodies to the same degree as the regular virus, which is what the authorities feared would threaten the effectiveness of vaccines developed around the world.
The organization’s statement said the day before yesterday, that “the initial observations indicate that the clinical situation, severity, and transmission between infected people are similar to those caused by other viruses spreading from (SARS-Cove-2).
However, this strain (strain of focus 5), has a mixture of mutations, or changes that were not observed before, and the implications of the observed changes in this strain are not well understood yet.
The United Nations agency said preliminary results indicate that this strain, associated with mink, has a "moderately low sensitivity to neutralizing antibodies."
The Health Organization called for more studies to be conducted to confirm the initial results, and "to understand any potential effects of those results in relation to diagnoses, treatments and vaccines under development."
The organization indicated that "despite the belief that the virus is related to bats, its origin and its intermediate host from (SARS-Cove-2) have not yet been determined."
Since June 2020, 214 cases of "Covid-19" have been recorded in Denmark, with strains linked to farms for raising mink, including 12 cases of a unique strain recorded on the fifth of November.
This comes at a time when the World Health Organization announced a new record for Corona virus infections in one day, as the organization recorded 581,679 cases in various parts of the world the day before yesterday.
It is noteworthy that this toll is 24,000 higher than the last highest toll recorded on October 31.
And 48.5 million infections have been recorded around the world, since the virus began spreading late last year.
Experts expect the actual number of infections to be much higher than the official toll.
On the other hand, data collected by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News showed that 49 million and 345 thousand and 390 injuries worldwide, as of 08:41 UTC yesterday morning.
In terms of absolute numbers, the United States, India and Brazil are the hardest hit.
More than 1.2 million people have died as a result of "Covid-19" resulting from the "Corona" virus, according to global health statistics.
And the day before yesterday, 8,900 deaths were recorded within 24 hours.
Cases in the United States are rapidly approaching the 10 million mark, with more than 236,000 deaths, and the pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to the world's largest economy, leading to millions of unemployed.
Preliminary results indicate that this strain, associated with the mink, has a "moderately low sensitivity to neutralizing antibodies."
Despite the belief that the virus is related to bats, its origin and intermediate host from SARS-Cove-2 have not yet been determined.
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