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Amid continuing resurgence of COVID-19 in Europe...
Some countries are facing fresh threats coming from mink farms where mutated variants of the coronavirus are being reported.
For more on this and other news from around the world, we turn to our Lee Kyung-eun.
Kyung-eun, what's the latest?
Mok-yeon, according to the WHO, six countries have so far reported outbreaks in mink farms.
They include Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the U.S.
Mink are known as the only animal that can both catch from and transmit the virus to humans.
And they could pose a serious threat to containment efforts.
"But it's apparent that the infection spreads very rapidly on the farm so within the space of a week you can go from having a very low incidence of the disease to having almost 100 percent incidence of the disease."
Denmark, the first country see infections in mink, has so far reported more than 2-hundred mink-related infections.
Of particular concern is the "Cluster 5" variant, which is found to be less sensitive to antibodies.
The mass culling of 17million mink continues in Denmark,...while in the Netherlands, mink farming will be outlawed by spring of next year.