Minister: Alarming that the mink variant has affected people outside the industry
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Mogens Jensen calls it alarming that people without a connection to the mink industry have been diagnosed with coronavirus that can be traced back to mink.
It is in itself alarming that people completely unrelated to the mink profession have been infected with coronavirus by the variant that is carried back mink.
This is the opinion of Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Mogens Jensen (S), who now relates to the ministerial response from Tuesday, where it appears that at least four people without affiliation are infected with the mink variant .
In this connection, it is important to emphasize that there are probably more than the four, as it is far from all positive corona tests that are examined in more detail for which variant it is.
"In the government, we attach great importance to public health, and therefore we listen carefully to the recommendations we receive from our health and veterinary authorities, and according to the Statens Serum Institut, this particular form of virus can, in the worst case, risk putting the entire vaccine program
The relatively low number of people outside the mink industry infected with the mink variant has led the opposition to criticize the government's mink strategy.
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Mogens Jensen calls it alarming that people without a connection to the mink industry have been diagnosed with coronavirus that can be traced back to mink.
It is in itself alarming that people completely unrelated to the mink profession have been infected with coronavirus by the variant that is carried back mink.
This is the opinion of Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Mogens Jensen (S), who now relates to the ministerial response from Tuesday, where it appears that at least four people without affiliation are infected with the mink variant .
In this connection, it is important to emphasize that there are probably more than the four, as it is far from all positive corona tests that are examined in more detail for which variant it is.
"In the government, we attach great importance to public health, and therefore we listen carefully to the recommendations we receive from our health and veterinary authorities, and according to the Statens Serum Institut, this particular form of virus can, in the worst case, risk putting the entire vaccine program
The relatively low number of people outside the mink industry infected with the mink variant has led the opposition to criticize the government's mink strategy.
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