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Five minks test positive for a virus that causes COVID-19 at a Fraser Valley mink farm
BY , Dec 9, 2020 10:32 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
File - Five mink on a Fraser Valley mink farm have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans.(B.C. Government)
Five mink on a Fraser Valley mink farm have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans.
The BC Ministry of Agriculture says the farm has been quarantined and testing to determine the genome sequence of the strain of virus continues.
An outbreak was declared at the farm this week when several workers tested positive for COVID-19.
Test results from five mink samples taken from a Fraser Valley mink farm have all been confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said then that the outbreak was concerning because other countries have seen transmission between workers and mink where the virus to mutated.
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