Covid-19, EU – Baltic States, Latvia, Legislation, Markets and Companies

The Education and Science Ministry said in its annotation that on November 5 the Danish Foreign Ministry informed Latvia on broad Covid-19 outbreaks in Danish mink farms. Since June 2020, Denmark registered several Covid-19 outbreaks in mink farms and transmission of the virus between mink and people. 

By November 4, 207 mink farms reported Covid-19 infections.

The Danish government also reported that five mink farms and 12 persons living in the vicinity of the farms developed new Covid-19 mutations. The mutations might impact the efficiency of the potential vaccines. The Danish authorities are further researching the matter.

In order to curb spread of the virus, especially its new mutations, the government decided on additional safety measures, including ban on import of mink and raw mink skin.