Furry investigators to sniff out COVID-19
They are not only adorable - but also very helpful and clever.
Several studies have found that dogs are capable of being trained to sniff out the odour of the coronavirus and they can be used as reliable screening tools.
Recently, it was reported that police in Chile were training dogs to detect people that may be infected with coronavirus by sniffing their sweat.
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The dogs - three golden retrievers and a labrador - are between the ages of four and five.
eNCA recently reported that dogs in South Africa are being prepared to help with the fight against COVID-19.
A Kempton Park canine company in Ekurhuleni is in the final stages of training its furry investigators to sniff out the coronavirus.
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According to eNCA, it takes about two months to train the dogs on virus samples.
Dogs have 330-million olfactory receptors, and an ability to detect smells 50 times better than humans. They can also smell 250 people per hour.
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