US Trains Dogs To Sniff Out People Infected With COVID-19 In Schools

Authorities in the United States have trained Dogs to sniff out people infected with Covid-19 in schools, the dogs were trained to detect an odour from people who are sick with coronavirus.

The dogs were trained using a detection program developed by Florida International University’s International Forensic Research Institute.

According to a news report, a black Labrador named Huntah and a golden Lab called Duke can detect the smell of the virus on surfaces and will sit to indicate when they pick up the scent.

The dogs will visit three schools in the Freetown, Lakeville and Norton school districts in Massachusetts, a state in the US this week.

The Bristol county captain, Paul Douglas noted that the dogs can detect any Covid-19 variant including the recent Omicron variants causing havoc in several parts of the World.

“With COVID, whether it’s the omicron, whether it’s the delta, our dogs will hit on it, and if there’s a new variant that comes out in six months, hopefully, there isn’t, but if there is one, COVID is COVID,” He said.

Fairhaven School Superintendent Tara Kohler welcomed the dogs saying their presence shows students, “we are doing everything we can to mitigate the risk and I want them to feel secure and safe and not anxious about their surroundings.”