November 23, 2020,
From Ritzau
Due to many cases of infection from mink, citizens in Holstebro and Ringk?bing-Skjern are encouraged to take a coronatest.
All citizens in Holstebro and Ringk?bing-Skjern are encouraged to take a corona test in the coming weeks and at the same time interact with as few people as possible.
These are two of the new initiatives that the government has decided to implement in the two municipalities. This is done on the recommendation of the health authorities.
This is stated by the Ministry of Health and the Elderly in a statement. The initiatives run until 3 December.
The reason for the measures is that many cases of infection have been found among people who work on mink farms or fur farms.
Therefore, the health authorities have recommended that all citizens be tested so that the chains of infection can be broken. There are about 115,000 people in the two municipalities. The massive test effort starts this week.
In the Central Jutland Region, a total of 180 cases of infection related to mink have been found. More than half have been found in Holstebro and Ringk?bing-Skjern.
At the same time, according to the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), it is possible that the proportion of infected with mink variants will increase in the two municipalities in the coming weeks.
So far, no cases of the special mutated coronavirus cluster 5 have been found, which was the reason why a partial closure of seven North Jutland municipalities was introduced earlier in November.
According to SSI, Cluster 5 has proven more resistant to an upcoming coronavina vaccine. SSI fears the same could happen to other variants of coronavirus mutated from mink.
From Ritzau
Due to many cases of infection from mink, citizens in Holstebro and Ringk?bing-Skjern are encouraged to take a coronatest.
All citizens in Holstebro and Ringk?bing-Skjern are encouraged to take a corona test in the coming weeks and at the same time interact with as few people as possible.
These are two of the new initiatives that the government has decided to implement in the two municipalities. This is done on the recommendation of the health authorities.
This is stated by the Ministry of Health and the Elderly in a statement. The initiatives run until 3 December.
The reason for the measures is that many cases of infection have been found among people who work on mink farms or fur farms.
Therefore, the health authorities have recommended that all citizens be tested so that the chains of infection can be broken. There are about 115,000 people in the two municipalities. The massive test effort starts this week.
In the Central Jutland Region, a total of 180 cases of infection related to mink have been found. More than half have been found in Holstebro and Ringk?bing-Skjern.
At the same time, according to the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), it is possible that the proportion of infected with mink variants will increase in the two municipalities in the coming weeks.
So far, no cases of the special mutated coronavirus cluster 5 have been found, which was the reason why a partial closure of seven North Jutland municipalities was introduced earlier in November.
According to SSI, Cluster 5 has proven more resistant to an upcoming coronavina vaccine. SSI fears the same could happen to other variants of coronavirus mutated from mink.
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