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Dogs can detect Covid-19 infections even when patients are asymptomatic: Study
- 'Important start' -Authors of the research, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, said they hoped it could eventually replace the need for travellers to quarantine -- which necessarily disrupts every arrival even though the vast majority are not Covid positive."The key thing is that dogs are significantly quicker than other tests," said co-author James Logan."What we're suggesting is that dogs would give the first initial screening, and then those (arrivals) that were indicated as positive would then receive a complimentary PCR test."The team said that out of a plane full of arrivals -- around 300 people -- less than one percent were statistically likely to be carrying SARS-CoV-2.Under current quarantine regulations employed by some