A study from Finland finds that dogs can detect the virus with an accuracy rate of 92%, making their abilities especially valuable in the early stages of a new pandemic, when other options are not available.
Dogs can be trained within weeks to detect a COVID-19 infection, with a degree of accuracy comparable to a nose and throat swab test, according to new research.
Four dogs were trained to sniff out the virus in spring 2020 as part of a study led by the University of Helsinki in Finland. The animals, previously trained to detect drugs, dangerous goods, or cancer, each sniffed skin samples from 114 people who had tested positive for the virus and from 306 who tested negative.The dogs also participated in a trial where theyThey correctly identified negative samples in 296 out of 300 negative tests, and identified three positive cases as negative.
It is among a number of studies looking at the ability of dogs to detect COVID-19 - a clinic in Germany has
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