PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (549): animal, mink, Denmark, erad. Russia, vaccine, China, RFI

COVID-19 — Denmark
Denmark on Monday [21 Dec 2020] banned mink farming until the start of 2022 after it emerged that a strain of the coronavirus can be passed between the animals and humans.
Officials have concerns that the mutated variant could threaten the effectiveness of future vaccines.
The draft bill passed by 55 votes to 43 in parliament with the main opposition parties — the central-right Liberals and the populist Danish People’s Party — voting against the bill.
“Danish mink farmers have