The World Health Organization said on Friday it would review biosecurity measures across the globe after Danish health authorities found a mutated form of the coronavirus present in the country’s mink farms.
The detection of the mutated virus among minks has raised questions about the effectiveness of a future Covid-19 vaccine.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said earlier this week that the government planned to cull all 15 million minks in Danish farms to try to reduce the risk of the animals re-transmitting the new strain of the coronavirus to humans.
Frederiksen described the situation as “very, very serious,” warning the mutated virus could have “devastating consequences” worldwide.
