Hospital patients who have recently returned from Denmark must be treated in isolation because of fears about a mutant strain of the coronavirus caught from mink.
Guidance from Public Health England and the Department of Health also says people who test positive for Covid-19 within 14 days of arriving from Denmark must be isolated and sent to a specialist “infectious diseases centre”.
About 17 million mink are being culled in Denmark after more than 200 people caught Covid-19 linked to fur farms. One strain of the mink-related Sars-Cov-2 virus appears to be more resistant to antibodies, so could be harder to treat or vaccinate against.
The new guidance says that anyone who needs hospital treatment for any condition within a fortnight of travelling from or
