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>> reporter: and, dr. blackstock, there's a new study that canines can sniff out covid with 94% accuracy. the hope is they can detect covid in mass gatherings. what do you make of this new information. >> while it sounds promising, it really is, it was a small pilot study including about eight dogs. they analyze the saliva and secretions of patients, so they're patients who are really, really ill. what we need to know about is the asymptomatic carriers. we need more studies that include those patient snas. >> okay. so adopt more dogs. we appreciate it. dr. blackstock, enjoy the rest of your sa...

Taking place on the first of june again. that's when the next round will set up. in about six weeks time, there's going to be another deadline by which the eu and uk will have to agree whether to extend the deadline. both sides yet again, i know we have heard it before are saying we could end up with another no deal by the end of next year. >> my goodness, nina del santos, thank you. could dogs sniff out coronavirus? british researchers suspect the dogs you see here just might be able to. trials are set to begin in london to find out whether dogs can detect the coronavirus in people even bef...

Counterparts in the united states, particularly with harvard university. he suggests despite things getting highly politicized and tensions between the u.s. and china heightened, the collaboration is still under way at least under certain medical professionals. >> all right. so this is a story that you just have to hear regarding the coronavirus. it's a completely different take than something you ought to think. the dog that you see here could actually help save lives in this virus. trials are set to begin in london to decipher whether dogs can sniff out the coronavirus in people even before ...

We know that dogs thank have a sense of smell so strong, they can detect illness in people, such as cancer. but could they sniff out coronavirus? well, a new government—backed trial intends to try and find outjust that, by seeing if dogs can be trained to detect covid—19 in humans. to find out more about this, we can speak to professorjames logan from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine, and to dr claire guest from the charity medical detection dogs. if can we first find out, who is the dog who is stealing the show this morning? what can he or she do? he may look like a fluf...

Out before? he is one of our older how tos and he has learned how to sniff our parkinson's and malaria, but we have young dogs waiting to go. he is greater tells whether covid—19 has an odour so we can get the young dogs working on it. —— he is going to tell us. professor logan, good morning, you don't have a dog, your images not quite as engaging, but you have a piano. that is nice. tucker's through the science. we know dogs have external powers of detecting things, talk is through the signs about what we need to check to see whether they can find covid—19. to check to see whether the...