COVID-19: Dogs being trained to find passengers with COVID-19 at UK airports

Dogs are being trained to detect coronavirus in passengers arriving at UK airports.

The Medical Detection Dogs charity says it hopes the dogs will be able to let medics know if a person needs to be tested or not. There are six dogs to be trained initially

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According to Sky news, Canines at the Medical Detection Dogs charity have previously been used to find cancer, Parkinson’s disease and malaria and will receive similar training in order to help during the pandemic.

The organisation’s founder believes the animals could detect COVID-19 in asymptomatic travelers arriving in the UL when lockdown measures are relaxed.