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Dogs 'can smell coronavirus' and could be used by NHS instead of blood test
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Researchers are sure dogs can detect cases of coronavirus and have launched a six-week project to prove they can do it at airports.
It comes after researchers a the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine delved into dogs' ability to sniff out malaria, based on a belief that every disease triggers a distinct odour.
The head of disease control at the LSHTM said dogs could detect malaria with “extremely high accuracy” and, as other respiratory diseases changed body odour, there was a “very high chance” it could also work with Covid-19.
They plan to start training dogs in six weeks time in order to “provide a rapid, non-invasive diagnosis towards the tail end of the epidemic”.
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