NEW DELHI : The Army is training dogs to find Covid-19 in its ranks by sniffing human sweat and urine, a senior officer said. Breeds such as cocker spaniels and labradors are being trained to detect the virus from the cells of infected people at a facility in New Delhi.
Several countries are considering using dogs to identify Covid-19 at airports and other public spaces. But the military deployment is the first time in India that dogs are being used to detect the deadly virus, said Colonel Surender Saini, an Army dog trainer.
“Based on the data from the samples which we have tested till now, we can infer the ability to detect the disease is more than 95% among sniffer dogs,” Saini told ANI.
