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Minks could pose risk for COVID-19 spread, but Ohio mink farms not tracked by state Beth Burger, The Columbus Dispatch © Sergei Grits, AP The first U.S. cases of mink infected with the coronavirus were confirmed on Aug. 17 following outbreaks in Europe. Five infected mink were identified at two farms in Utah, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced. Testing began after the farms reported unusually high mortality rates among the small animals prized for their fur. As coronavirus cases continue to surge across Ohio, minks could pose a risk of transmitting the infection to humans. “People can transmit the virus to mink,” said Dr. Michael Oglesbee, a veterinarian and director of Ohio State University’s Infectious Diseases Institute, who noted that mink can more easily shed the virus compared to other animals. “The mink can transmit the infection to other mink, and more importantly, they can transmit the infection back to people.”

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