Chile trains dogs hoping they can sniff out Covid-19 symptoms

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Chile joins France and the UK in training dogs to be able to identify people infected by coronavirus

"The virus has no smell, but rather the infection generates metabolic changes" which in turn leads to the release of a particular type of sweat "which is what the dog would detect," Fernando Mardones, a Universidad Catolica professor of veterinary epidemiology, told AFP.

Medical Detection Dogs, a British charity set up in 2008 to harness dogs' sharp sense of smell to detect human diseases, also started training canines to detect Covid-19 in late March."The importance of this scientific study is that it will allow dogs to become biodetectors, and detect this type of illness at an early stage," Santelices saif.

Canines can detect subtle changes in skin temperature, potentially making them useful in determining if a person has a fever. The canine trainees began their education one month ago, and will use sweat samples taken from Covid-19 patients being treated at the Universidad Catolica's clinic.The plan is to deploy them with an officer in pedestrian-heavy areas such as train stations and airports, and at health control stations.

 

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