UK Bans Denmark Visitors Over Mutant Mink CCP Virus Strain

UK Bans Denmark Visitors Over Mutant Mink CCP Virus Strain
Minks are seen at Hans Henrik Jeppesen's farm near Soroe, Denmark, on Nov. 5, 2020. Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/Reuters
Alexander Zhang
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The UK government has banned all non-British visitors from Denmark after 12 people in the Nordic country were infected with a mink-related mutant strain of the CCP virus.

On Saturday, the government announced that non-British visitors arriving into the UK from Denmark would not be permitted entry. On Sunday, the ban was extended to all non-UK resident freight drivers who have travelled from or through Denmark in the last 14 days.