PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (507): animal, mink, Netherlands spread, Italy control

COVID-19 — Netherlands
The number of mink farms [in the Netherlands] where the coronavirus has been discovered has risen to 70. At a mink farm in Putten, one of the animals was also found to be infected with the virus this week, the Ministries of Health and Agriculture report. The animals are killed. The company has about 3000 mother animals.
A letter to Parliament [see commentary] stated that the samples were examined by the Animal Health Service (GD) last Thursday [19 Nov 2020] in the context of the early