Copenhagen, Denmark — Four million minks culled in Denmark over a mutant coronavirus strain will be dug up next year to prevent pollution, the government said Sunday in the latest twist to a long-running saga.
If parliament agrees, the mink carcasses will be dug up and burned in six months’ time once the risk of infection is completely passed, the agriculture ministry said in a statement.
“This way, we avoid the mink being treated as dangerous biological waste, a solution that’s never been used before,” the ministry said.
Denmark dug two mass graves in November on military sites near Holstebro and Karup in the country’s west.
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