Finland deploys coronavirus-sniffing dogs at main airport

Officials at the main airport in Finland’s capital are using dogs to trace coronavirus patients.

The pilot project began at Helsinki’s airport earlier this week. A team of 15 dogs are being trained for the job. They detect coronavirus by sniffing passenger samples. A passenger swipes their neck with a gauze, puts it in a can handed over to another room. There, a dog starts sniffing it to deliver an immediate result. Researchers say the project looks promising. Researchers say a dog can detect the presence of the coronavirus within ten seconds.

They say dogs are a good choice for the job, because they are not easily infected.

Finland is the first European country to put dogs to work sniffing out Covid-19.

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