Sniffer dogs around the world are being trained to detect people infected with coronavirus. This innovative measure devised in France is already developing in Russia, Finland, Germany, U.K., and many other countries. Officials say dogs are able to detect coronavirus from a significantly lower amount of viruses than commonly used PCR tests. In practice a dog is able to detect a coronavirus in a person earlier than laboratory tests. (17 PHOTOS)
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Sniffer dogs Valo (left) and E.T. (right), who are trained to detect the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the arriving passengers' samples, sit next to their trainers at Helsinki Airport in Vantaa, Finland September 22, 2020. The dogs are operated by Finnish Wise Nose association that has also taken care of their training. Upon arriving at a sampling point at the airport, a passenger enters a small, screen-bound space, then takes a voluntary self-sweeping sample from the skin surface and drops it into a designated container as instructed. The dog and its handler wait behind a wall where the dog sniffs the given sample. In this way, allergic passengers are taken into account and care is taken to ensure that handlers are not exposed to the virus. The whole procedure is over in a minute says Anna Hielm-Bjoerkman, docent of veterinary medicine in charge of Corona-sniffing dog project at Helsinki University.
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Sniffer dog Miina, being trained to detect the coronavirus from the arriving passengers' samples, works in Helsinki Airport in Vantaa, Finland, September 15, 2020.
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Arriving from Riga, Juha Turku (L), first passenger to be tested for Coronavirus by Susanna Paavilainen (R) and her dog, greyhound mix Kossi as four Coronavirus sniffing dogs start their work for a four-month test phase at Helsinki-Vantaa airport near Helsinki, Finland, 23 September 2020. The dogs are operated by Finnish Wise Nose association that has also taken care of their training. Upon arriving at a sampling point at the airport, a passenger enters a small, screen-bound space, then takes a voluntary self-sweeping sample from the skin surface and drops it into a designated container as instructed. The dog and its handler wait behind a wall where the dog sniffs the given sample. In this way, allergic passengers are taken into account and care is taken to ensure that handlers are not exposed to the virus. The whole procedure is over in a minute says Anna Hielm-Bjoerkman, docent of veterinary medicine in charge of Corona-sniffing dog project at Helsinki University.
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A test sample is forwarded to handlers in a separate room as Coronavirus sniffing dogs start their work for a four-month test phase at Helsinki-Vantaa airport near Helsinki, September 23, 2020.
Upon arriving at a sampling point at the airport, a passenger enters a small, screen-bound space, then takes a voluntary self-sweeping sample from the skin surface and drops it into a designated container as instructed. The dog and its handler wait behind a wall where the dog sniffs the given sample. In this way, allergic passengers are taken into account and care is taken to ensure that handlers are not exposed to the virus. The whole procedure is over in a minute says Anna Hielm-Bjoerkman, docent of veterinary medicine in charge of Corona-sniffing dog project at Helsinki University.
Upon arriving at a sampling point at the airport, a passenger enters a small, screen-bound space, then takes a voluntary self-sweeping sample from the skin surface and drops it into a designated container as instructed. The dog and its handler wait behind a wall where the dog sniffs the given sample. In this way, allergic passengers are taken into account and care is taken to ensure that handlers are not exposed to the virus. The whole procedure is over in a minute says Anna Hielm-Bjoerkman, docent of veterinary medicine in charge of Corona-sniffing dog project at Helsinki University.