Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said on Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people.

The mutation “could pose a risk that future (coronavirus) vaccines won’t work the way they should,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told a press conference.

“It is necessary to cull all the minks.”

Employees from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration and the Danish Emergency Management Agency in protective equipment.

Employees from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration and the Danish Emergency Management Agency in protective equipment.

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