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Coronavirus: NHS to use sniffer dogs in Covid-testing trial – The Independent
Four-legged friends could be deployed in hospitals and airports to check for signs of disease caused by coronavirus
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In the past sniffer dogs have been used by man to track narcotics and explosives with their keen sense of smell – now canines could be deployed to detect whether a patient is infected with Covid-19 following an NHS-backed trial.
Testing is currently underway to see if canines are able to detect the diseases caused by the Sars-Cov-2 virus, with scientists …
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