These dogs can tell if you have Covid-19 by smelling your sweat
Sniffer dogs in El Salvador have added COVID-19 to their sniffing repertoire. A canine training programme in El Salvador, led by Spanish firefighter Jaime Parejo is training sniffer dogs to be able to identify COVID-19. It is hoped that these dogs will be able to be put to work in the real world to identify humans with the virus and help reduce it spreading. How can you train a dog to sniff out COVID-19? As part of the training five samples are placed in a room, each containing an absorbent cloth, but only one containing the sweat of a person with coronavirus. The disease has an odour and, al...
Source: euronews.com