Table 3.
Data on outbreaks of SARS‐CoV‐2 in mink farms in the EU in 2020 until January 2021 (EFSA, 2021)
| Country | Number of mink farms in the country at the time of SARS‐Cov‐2 virus first detection | Number of infected mink farms | Date of first and last SARS‐CoV‐2 virus detection in mink farms | Number of farms where clinical signs of SARS‐CoV‐2 were observed | Likely source of virus origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1,147 | 290 | 15 June to 7 December | 145 | Human‐to‐animal transmission suspected or confirmed in some outbreaks. Unclear in most outbreaks |
| France | 4 | 1 | 20 November | 0 | Undetermined, but most probably humans on the farm |
| Greece | 91 | 21 | 13 November to 8 January | 8 | Human‐to‐animal transmission suspected in most outbreaks |
| Italy | 9 | 1 | 10 October | 0 | Human‐to‐animal transmission |
| Lithuania | 86 | 2 | 24 November | 2 | Human‐to‐animal transmission |
| Netherlands | 126 | 69 | 24 April to 4 November | 62 | Partly human to mink transmission and partly unclear, but with a strong spatial component |
| Poland | 272 | 1 | 27 January 2021 | 0 | Unknown |
| Spain | 29 | 3 | 22 June to 22 January | 0 | Human‐to‐animal transmission suspected |
| Sweden | 35 | 13 | 23 October to 11 November | No information | Human‐to‐animal transmission |