Trials for ‘Covid-19 Sniffer Dogs

Saturday, 16 May 2020Newsdesk

Trials have begun in the UK to find out if dogs can be trained to detect Covid-19. If successful, the bio-detection canines could be used as a "non-invasive" way to identify people sick with coronavirus.

New Delhi, 16 May 2020

As per news report of RT.COM, researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) will carry out the first phase of the trial, working with the charity Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University. It will be funded by money from a £500 million UK government pot set up to assist "innovative schemes" in the fight against Covid-19.

Source -RT.COM