On November 13, the Greek Ministry of Agriculture issued a statement stating that the new crown virus has been detected in the mink in two farms in northern Greece, but no strain mutation has been found.
After the mutation of the new coronavirus that can be transmitted to humans was found in the Danish mink farm, the Greek Ministry of Agriculture also tested the mink farms in the country. As a result, the new coronavirus was found in the mink in the two northern farms, but the detected virus The strain is different from the one found in Denmark.
In addition, a breeder at the farm also tested positive for the new coronavirus.
At present, the Greek health department is testing all staff in the mink farm for the new coronavirus.
Officials from the Greek Ministry of Agriculture stated that 2,500 minks in a farm in Kozani in northern Greece will be killed.
Kozani and Kastoria in northern Greece are important fur producing areas.
According to official estimates, there are hundreds of thousands of mink farmed across Greece.
(Headquarters reporter Wang Yuguo)