NCOH webinar: COVID-19 in mink
First NCOH webinar on World Zoonoses Day, 6 July
The first webinar in this series will be about the current research regarding COVID-19 on mink farms. This spring, SARS-CoV-2 has infected Dutch mink farms that raise the animals for fur. The mink SARS-CoV2-outbreaks are a zoonotic spillover from the human SARS-CoV2 outbreak. It offers Dutch scientists a unique chance to study how the virus jumps between species and rapidly spreads through the mink population. The infected mink could have become a viral reservoir that could have caused new outbreaks in humans.
Date: Monday 6 July, 15:00 – 16:00 hours
Soon you will receive an e-mail with the possibility to register. After registration you receive the link to the webinar.
Program webinar “COVID-19 in mink”
| 15:00 | Opening by Prof. Dick Heederik, chair NCOH Executive Board |
| SARS-CoV-2 clinical and pathological presentation in mink Prof. Wim van der Poel, Wageningen University & Research |
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| Development of the virus and spillover from human to animal and vice versa Dr. Bas Oude Munnink PhD, Viroscience Department, Erasmus MC |
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| Fighting COVID-19 in animals and humans, a One Health approach Prof. Arjan Stegeman, Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University |
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| 15:45 | Panel discussion |
| 16:00 | Wrap up |
In the media about COVID-19 in minks
- What’s the risk that animals will spread the coronavirus – Nature.com, 1 June 2020
- Coronavirus rips through Dutch mink farms, triggering culls to prevent human infections – ScienceMag.org, 9 June 2020
- People probably caught coronavirus from minks. That’s a wake-up call to study infections in animals, researchers say – The Washington Post, 19 June 2020