Trained Dogs Can Sniff Out Covid Positive Samples With 96% Accuracy: Study – NDTV

Training must proceed with great care and, ideally, with many samples, the study said. (Representational)
Pennsylvania: A proof-of-concept investigation published today in the journal PLOS ONE suggests that specially trained detection dogs can sniff out COVID-19-positive samples with 96 per cent accuracy.
“This is not a simple thing we’re asking the dogs to do,” says Cynthia Otto, senior author on the work and director of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Working Dog Center.
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