Coronavirus: Sniffer Dogs As Covid-19 Detectors
HELSINKI, FINLAND: While sniffer dogs are a familiar sight at airports all over the world, some are now being deployed to sniff out Covid-19.
Since late September, international arrivals at Finland’s Helsinki-Vantaa airport have been offered a voluntary coronavirus test that takes 10 seconds with no uncomfortable nasal swab. All they need to do is go to a private room, use a wipe to dab themselves and then drop the wipe in a metal canister. The dog’s trainer subsequently puts the can in a lineup, then a dog goes to work sniffing all five cans.
The dogs are able to detect an infected patient in 10 seconds, and the entire process takes a minute to
