The charity, based outside Milton Keynes, is working with theSchool of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Durham University. They believe dogs could be trained to sniff out the disease within six weeks to provide a rapid, non-invasive diagnosis.
The charity said: ‘Dogs searching for Covid-19 would be trained in the same way as those dogs the charity has already trained to detect diseases like cancer, Parkinson’s and bacterial infections – by sniffing samples in the charity’s training room and indicating when they have found it. They are also able to detect subtle changes in temperature of the skin, so could potentially tell if someone has a fever.
Dr Claire Guest, CEO and co-founder of the charity, said: ‘In principle, we’re sure that dogs could detect Covid-19. We are now looking into how we can safely catch the odour of the virus from patients and present it to the dogs.
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