Mink industry workers tested positive for coronavirus in Sweden.

Swedish mink farmworkers have tested positive for the coronavirus, and the Swedish Public Health Agency is investigating the track of contraction.

Swedish mink farmworkers have tested positive for the coronavirus, and the Swedish Public Health Agency is investigating the track of contraction.On Nov.19, 2020, Sweden's Health Agency had said that people working in mink industries had tested positive for the virus. They are analyzing the virus strains linked between infected people and infected minks. Even though the agency said that minks do not carry the mutated strain found in Denmark, several farmworkers tested positive in Sweden. They have not specified the number of infected persons in the industry.

Swedish Public Health Agency, the Swedish Veterinary Institute (SVA), the Swedish Board of Agriculture, and local infection control units are investigating the connection between possible infection among mink and staff. In early November, the World Health Organization had said that mink could spread the virus to humans by getting infected first. It is also discovered that the United States, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain have also shown coronavirus in minks.

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