Covid-sniffing dogs trialled at German test concert

Attendees of the Fury in the Slaughterhouse concert in Hanover were required to turn in samples of their arm sweat to be sniffed by the dogs

News By IQ | 22 September 2021

Fury at the Slaughterhouse with the infection detection dogs
Fury at the Slaughterhouse with the infection detection dogs © TiHo

The efficacy of coronavirus detection dogs was trialled last Sunday (19 September) at a test show in Hanover.

The German trial was led by the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo), which recently published a study that found Coronavirus detection dogs could detect the presence of Covid-19 in people with 94% accuracy, even if they are asymptomatic.

The Hanover study took place at an open-air concert by Fury in the Slaughterhouse at the Gilde Parkbühne with 500 attendees.

As part of the…

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