WARSAW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th November, 2020) A strain of novel coronavirus has been detected at a mink farm in Poland, the Radio Zet broadcaster reported on Tuesday.
According to the media outlet, researchers from the Medical University of Gdansk confirmed the SARS-CoV-2 virus in at least eight minks from the farm in Poland's northwestern Pomeranian Voivodeship.
In-depth genetic analyses are currently underway to discover the origin of the outbreak.
As of Tuesday, Poland has confirmed 876,333 COVID-19 cases and 13,774 related deaths. The country has seen rapid growth of daily cases from early October to early November, with the new infections topping 27,000 on November 7.
