Dutch authorities closed off two mink farms in the southern Netherlands after tests showed the animals had been infected with the coronavirus, most likely from human contact. | AFP
This general view shows barrier tape cordoning off buildings of a mink farm at Beek en Donk, the eastern Netherlands on April 26, 2020, after tests showed that animals within had been infected with the new coronavirus . – Dutch authorities cordoned off two mink farms in the southern Netherlands after tests showed the animals had been infected with the new coronavirus, most likely from human contact.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch authorities Sunday cordoned off two mink farms in the southern Netherlands after tests showed the animals had been infected with the coronavirus, most likely from human contact. The farms are located east of Eindhoven in the Northern Brabant province, one of the region’s hardest hit by the outbreak which has killed more than 4,400 people and infected 37,000 others in the lowlands country.“The mink showed various signs of the disease including breathing difficulties,” the Dutch agricultural ministry said in a statement.
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