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Covid-19 Sniffer Dogs: The U.K.’s Latest Attempt to Tackle Virus

  • Labradors and cocker spaniels to be trained to sniff out virus
  • Researchers think dogs could screen 250 people an hour
A Covid-19 detection dog in training.Source: Department for Health and Social Care
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The U.K. hopes to develop a new weapon in the global war against the coronavirus pandemic: Covid-19 sniffer dogs.