Covid-19: screening by sniffer dogs struggles to find a place in France

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The dog Ginko and his master, the adjutant Clément Levert of the SDIS des Yvelines.

RFI / Pauline Gleize

By: Pauline Gleize Follow

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The antigenic tests are arriving little by little in France.

The Haute Autorité de santé issued a favorable opinion last week for targeted use.

Other methods of rapidly screening for Covid-19 contamination are being studied.

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At the Maison Alfort National Veterinary School, near Paris, a team is training dogs.

The idea of ​​the Nosaïs-Covid-19 project emerged as early as last March.

However, in France, the method is struggling to be deployed to the chagrin of the project team.

Report during a training at the veterinary school.

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