Sniffer dogs can detect virus in sweat

Virus buster: A dog undergoing training to detect Covid-19 through sniffing in Songkhla. — Reuters

Thai sniffer dogs trained to detect Covid-19 in human sweat proved nearly 95% accurate during training and could be used to identify coronavirus infections at busy transport hubs within seconds, the head of a pilot project said.

Six Labrador Retrievers participated in a six-month project that included unleashing them to test an infected patient’s sweat on a spinning wheel of six canned vessels.