“Today we can announce that we have decided not to allow new litters of minks in 2021.
The goal is to protect the health of animals and humans during a pandemic, ”TASS quotes her.
In November, it was reported that a hotbed of coronavirus disease in minks was discovered in France in one of the farms, in connection with which 1,000 of these animals will be destroyed.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has also reported the detection of coronavirus infection in minks in Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Italy and the United States.