Covid-sniffing dogs ‘detect virus 94% of the time’
German scientists have released the results of the most positive study yet on whether detection dogs are able to reliably sniff out Covid-19 infection
News By IQ | 4 February 2021
Coronavirus detection dogs of the type being deployed in sports and entertainment venues could detect the presence of Covid-19 in people with 94% accuracy, even if they are asymptomatic, a German study has found.
Filou, a three-year-old Belgian shepherd, and Joe Cocker, an ingeniously named cocker spaniel, were trained by researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover to sniff out an odour that emanates from the cells of people infected with the virus.
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