Recently, two cats in New York had tested positive and now animals at two mink farms in Netherlands have also tested positive for Covid-19.
Minks are dark colored carnivorous mammals and belong to the family of mustelidae. This family includes weasels, otters and ferrets.
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The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture said that some staff members of the farms had shown symptoms of the coronavirus and are now assuming that it would have been a case of human to animal transmission.
As a precautionary measure, the authorities are shutting down the roads within 400 meters of the affected areas in North Brabant. This area is the hardest hit region by Covid-19.
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Slowly more and more cases of animals testing positive is coming to the forefront and could be a huge cause for worry. A tiger was tested positive recently along with lions at the Bronx Zoo.