China News Service, April 23, according to the European Union, citing the report of the European Union on the 23rd, after medical dogs have been successfully screened for some diseases after training, the British charity Medical Detection Dogs believes that dogs can Through training, "smell" out new coronavirus infections, and has already started training.
Prague, Czech Republic, man stroking the dog sitting on the window.
According to reports, the British "Medical Investigation Dog" charity founded in 2008 has previously used dogs' keen sense of smell to successfully detect a variety of diseases. Last month, the agency had begun training medical dogs to identify people with new coronavirus infections.
The "Medical Scout Dog" training site is located in Milton Keynes, central England. Quarantine dogs are intensively trained here, and they will be rewarded as long as they can successfully identify the virus. It is generally believed that each disease triggers a unique smell that only dogs can smell.
Claire Gerst, founder and CEO of the "Medical Investigation Dog" charity, said, "We believe dogs can detect people infected with the new coronavirus and will soon be able to screen hundreds of people so that we can know who Need to be tested and quarantined. "
The report said that the charity had previously trained medical dogs to sniff patients' samples to detect diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's disease, and bacterial infections. (Jingying)