1st known case of COVID-19 in non-captive wild mink found in US
The first known case of COVID-19 in a non-captive wild mink has been confirmed, according to an alert issued by the US Department of Agriculture. The wild mink tested positive around an infected mink farm in Utah. The strain of the virus in the wild mink is "indistinguishable" from that in infected mink on farms around the state.