Thailand has started deploying a canine virus-detecting squad to help identify people with COVID-19 as the country faces a surge in cases
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press
May 21, 2021, 2:33 PM
• 3 min read
BANGKOK — Thailand has started deploying a canine virus-detecting squad in hopes of quickly identifying people with COVID-19 as the country faces a surge in cases, with clusters at construction sites, crowded slum communities and large markets.
Angel, Bobby and Bravo are among six Labrador Retrievers that have been trained by researchers at the veterinary faculty of Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University to sniff out a unique odor that people with COVID-19 produce in their sweat, the researchers say.
Since May 10, the three have tested more than 1,000 samples from college staff, students and people outside the university.
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