Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has caused a pandemic in humans. Farmed mink (Neovison vison) are also susceptible. In Denmark, this virus has spread rapidly among farmed mink, resulting in some respiratory disease. Full-length virus genome sequencing revealed novel virus variants in mink. These variants subsequently appeared within the local human community.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Denmark; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; full-genome sequence; mink; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; virus adaptation; virus transmission; viruses; zoonoses.