Danish Covid-19 mink variant could spark new pandemic, scientists warn

Mutations in mink herds and wildlife such as weasels, badgers, ferrets may pose risk to human health and vaccine developmentCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA Danish vaccine specialist has warned that a new wave of coronavirus could be started by the Covid-19 mink variant."The worst-case scenario is that we would start off a new pandemic in Denmark. There's a risk that this mutated virus is so different from the others that we'd have to put new things in a vaccine and therefore [the mutation] would slam us all in the whole world back to the start," said Prof Kare M?lbak, vaccine expert and director of infectious diseases at Denmark's State Serum Institute (SSI). Continue reading...