Dogs being trained to sniff out COVID-19: charity

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'In principle, we're sure that dogs could detect COVID-19,' said Claire Guest, founder and chief executive of Medical Detection Dogs.

A British charity has teamed up with scientists to see whether dogs could help detect COVID-19 through their keen sense of smell, they said on Friday.

The organisations said they had begun preparations to train dogs in six weeks"to help provide a rapid, non-invasive diagnosis towards the tail end of the epidemic". "In principle, we're sure that dogs could detect COVID-19," said Claire Guest, founder and chief executive of Medical Detection Dogs. "This would be fast, effective and non-invasive and make sure the limited NHS testing resources are only used where they are really needed."

 

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