By sampling passengers' armpits in seconds

Abu Dhabi and Sharjah Airports and Al Ghuwaifat Port, dogs are used to detect "Covid-19"

Obtaining the sample from the armpits without direct contact with the dog.

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The Ministry of Interior stated that the UAE national team began using sniffer dogs as an additional line of defense to detect possible infections among travelers with the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19) at Abu Dhabi and Sharjah airports as well as at the Al Ghuwaifat border crossing for land travelers, as part of the national plan to expand the use of Police dogs are making use of their capabilities in this aspect.

It confirmed that it had begun using dogs that undergo intensive training to detect samples taken from the armpits of travelers and without direct contact with dogs, as samples are placed in specialized medical tools that dogs are passed on and the injured person is determined from the human sweat sample that was taken from him.

Specialized teams emerge from the national team distributed at the country's airports and ports to supervise the actual application in monitoring and inspecting samples taken from those coming to the country from the armpits without direct contact with the dog, and within seconds the trained police dog can determine the possibility of this person being infected, if any, and that. As an additional line, it strengthens the efforts of other stakeholders in securing airports to enhance the security and safety of passenger traffic, with the gradual return and opening of more international airports, and the increasing number of flights.

The Director of the Office of the Director of the Security Inspection Department (K9) at the General Command of Abu Dhabi Police, Captain Hamad Mubarak Al-Azizi, said, “As part of the state's continuous efforts and precautionary and preventive measures to limit the spread of the new Corona virus (Covid-19), practical application has been made using police dogs at Abu Dhabi Airport. International, according to the best approved health standards ».

"The samples are taken in an isolated room for examination by dogs, and the result is immediate without direct contact with the dogs," said the supervisor of the K9 team at Al-Ghweifat outlet.

Head of the Security Inspection Section (K9) at the Sharjah Police General Command, Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Ahmed Adel Al-Maamari, stated that the detection of the Corona virus was applied by police dogs at Sharjah Airport, where samples were taken from travelers in cooperation with the Ministry of Health through Swab from under the armpit.

The head of the K9 training center in the Federal Security Inspection Department, Captain Ali Hassan Al-Hamari, confirmed that the time for taking the sample does not exceed 60 seconds, and the result is immediate and with high accuracy.

Travelers praised the ease of examination procedures for the Corona virus at airports and ports and the ability of police dogs to detect positive and negative cases of the virus.

The national team in charge of implementing this initiative had started in the first stage the practical application of using the strong smell characteristic of police dogs and employing them to contribute to strengthening the preventive measures taken in the country in order to preserve the safety of the citizens, residents and visitors of the state.

Prior to that, scientific studies, experiments and training workshops were conducted in cooperation with the French “Fur Veterinary School”, the oldest veterinary school in Europe, whose results proved the effectiveness of trained police dogs and their ability to detect potential infected with the virus. Dogs separately, which helps in the absence of direct contact between them, as well as the speed in collecting results.

Precautionary measures according to the highest standards

The UAE experience and its protocol for indirect handling between dogs and people to be examined is characterized by the fact that it uses human sweat samples, and is easy to apply in accordance with health precautionary measures of the highest standards.

The actual application of the use of police dogs to detect those infected with the Coronavirus was preceded by studies, workshops, meetings and brainstorming workshops, in addition to cooperation with a number of countries in the world and experts in conducting discussions and theoretical studies on the use of dogs in detecting people with "Covid-19", based on That the trained police dogs are characterized by a very strong sense of smell, which can be used in police patrols and to secure vital important sites, commercial centers, events, crowds, airports and vital areas.

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