Sweden: Sweden Bans Mink Breeding Until 2022
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In October 2020, the first cases of coronavirus were identified on Swedish mink farms. Sweden responded by standing up a surveillance program and imposing a series of control measures. The Swedish Veterinary Institute and the Swedish Public Health Agency also conducted a joint risk assessment, and subsequently determined, from an infection control point of view, it would be inappropriate to increase the size of the mink population in 2021. Accordingly, the Swedish Board of Agriculture imposed a ban on mink breeding until December 31, 2021. Farmers will be permitted to keep their breeding animals to resume operations in 2022.
