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ITV News Correspondent Geraint Vincent meets Mason, the Labrador Golden Retriever cross cheering up nurses on the Covid frontline
A cuddly canine is caring for nurses on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mason, a Labrador Golden Retriever cross, gives emotional support to staff working at the intensive care unit in Royal Bolton Hospital.
He only works part time and his duties in the nurses break room include getting treats and being cuddled.
In fairness it s not the heaviest workload, but for medical professionals going through the most difficult time in their careers, Mason always gets the job done.
Sniffer dogs are being readied to pick out passengers infected with Covid-19 at Bahrain’s ports.
Footage released by the country’s Interior Ministry shows the specially selected police dogs undergoing training, sniffing a number of samples and sitting next to the one which is positive.
Trained dogs can sniff out airborne chemicals produced by a disease, and already investigate samples to find the odour of cancer, malaria, Parkinson’s and other illnesses.
Such techniques are already being used to detect Covid in some countries, including Finland, where dogs have been deployed at Helsinki Airport.
A dog sniffing for Covid-19 (Bahrain Interior Ministry/PA)
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