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MIAMI, Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A team of Florida International University (FIU) researchers have trained detector dogs to accurately identify the COVID-19 virus.
FIU s International Forensic Research Institute (IFRI) is using its decades of experience researching and identifying odors to help train and improve the ability of detector dogs to locate COVID-19.
The COVID-19 detector dogs will be working on campus at FIU this spring as part of the effort to control the spread of the virus. Much like bomb-detecting dogs, COVID-19 detecting dogs can sweep an area and alert to the presence of the odor that is left on surfaces (particles, aerosols, cellular material) by a person infected with COVID-19. FIU s COVID detector dogs were also invited to sweep the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee. They will start their work at the Florida capital next week.