COVID 2.0
Six countries have now reported coronavirus cases linked to mink farms after a Covid mutation spreading from the animals to humans was found in Denmark.
The US, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden have reported Covid cases in minks, the World Health Organisation has confirmed.
Denmark this week imposed strict measures on the north of the country after warning that a mutation of the virus - which is less sensitive to an attack from Covid-19 antibodies - had jumped from minks to humans and infected 12 people.
Coronavirus has spread from minks to humans in hundreds of cases - but the mutant strain is restricted to just 12 infections. Scientists fear this small number could the beginning of 'a new pandemic starting again, this time from Denmark.'
Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen said it could pose a 'risk to the effectiveness' of a much-anticipated future Covid-19 vaccine as the antibodies provided by the jab may not be effective enough.
In response, Britain banned all arrivals from Denmark as of 4am this morning as the world scrambled to contain the new strain.
In a shock sign of how feared this mutant Covid strain is, all cabin crew and pilots onboard British Airways and Ryanair flights arriving from Denmark in the UK have been instructed quarantine for 14 days after landing - along with their families.
Previously, airline workers were exempt from any mandatory quarantine. The new restrictions mean staff members' children must stay home from school for two weeks as well.
Denmark has already ordered a cull of its 17 million mink.
Since then, five other countries have also reported coronavirus cases in minks - however it is not clear whether this is the mutated virus.
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И наверное, раньше не нужен был ПЦР тест, для принятия решения, какую пневмонию лечить.
- именно так всё и есть.
