Mink caught outside Oregon farm tests positive for virus December 25, 2020 GMT PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Agriculture said among animals captured during wildlife surveillance near a mink farm that recently had a coronavirus outbreak, a mink believed to have recently escaped confinement tested positive for low levels of the virus known to cause COVID-19 in humans. State officials released a statementsaying recent tests confirm mink at the farm that tested positive for the virus in late November are now clear of the virus. KOIN reports the department conducted two rounds of follow-up tests, 14 days apart, to document the animals’ recovery.