Friday, September 25, 2020

Sniffer dogs as Covid-19 detectors


Dogs specially trained to detect Covid-19 have this week started sniffing passengers as part of a trial at Finland's Helsinki-Vantaa airport. Volunteers are training a team of 15 dogs and 10 instructors for the research programme.The dogs can detect coronavirus in humans five days before they develop symptoms, Anna Hielm-Bjorkman, the University of Helsinki professor who is running the trial, told Reuters news agency.


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