Galicia will sacrifice more than 3,000 minks from a farm in the province of A Coruña due to an outbreak of coronavirus
The Xunta de Galicia is going to sacrifice the 3,100 minks from a farm in the Coruña municipality of A Baña in which it has detected a coronavirus outbreak. The Ministry of Rural Affairs reported this Thursday that there is an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in the facilities, which are "immobilized" and under the control of veterinarians dependent on the Galician Government.
The Xunta rules out the danger of coronavirus in the mink farms of Galicia despite the fact that it has only carried out tests on 16%
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The focus has been detected within the controls to which the farms are subjected of American mink. Since the beginning of the pandemic there have been several cases of infections on these farms and Denmark's decision Slaughtering millions of these animals led to a political crisis in the country.
The Galician Government has reported the situation to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and has indicated that in the next few days it will proceed to slaughter the minks, "in application of current legal regulations and with the ultimate aim of preserving public health ". In addition, the facilities will be disinfected.
There are currently 25 active mink farms in Galicia, around 80% of the total in Spain. This is the second focus of coronavirus detected in the country, after the one registered in a Teruel farm last June.
