DOGS DETECTING COVID - New evidence confirms that dogs can detect COVID-19 with their noses.
Dogs in the study sniffed out swabs of sweat and swabs of saliva.Even in cases where patients were asymptomatic, the dogs were about 94% accurate in detecting the virus.
According to the results of the study, the trained dogs were better at detecting COVID-19 than antigen tests. Researchers concluded that trained dogs could be used as a non-invasive way to test for coronavirus, especially when conducting mass screenings where results are needed quickly.
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