Covid-19 sniffing dogs: What does the science say? CNN 1/28/2021 The Miami Heat is unleashing the dogs. As AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami reopens to a limited number of fans Thursday, the Miami Heat is bringing out dogs it is billing as "coronavirus detection dogs" to screen guests and employees as they arrive at the facility. The team will be the first in the NBA to use canines to screen the public. The science isn't yet clear whether dogs can, in fact, detect coronavirus infection in people. The team has been trying the dogs out on a smaller scale to screen personnel -- and "we learned a lot during that time," Matthew Jafarian, Miami Heat's executive vice president for business strategy, told CNN.