Chilean police are training sniffer dogs to detect the coronavirus in people's sweat at an early stage, after a similar trial in the UK showed encouraging results.
Police officer Jose Vallejos plays with golden retriever sniffing dog 'Clifford', wearing a distinctive jacket reading 'Biodetector', during a break at the training site for sniffing dogs of the Chilean police which is developing a training program to detect the coronavirus disease in highly frequented places in Santiago, Chile July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Four dogs have been selected for the initial training, a mix of labradors and golden retrievers who sport green “biodetector” jackets for their task. They are being trained at the Chilean Carabineros´ specialist training base in the capital Santiago. Lieutenant Colonel Cristian Acevedo Yanez, director of the police specialty training school, said dogs had more than 3 million olfactory receptors, more than 50 times those of humans, so were uniquely placed to help fight the coronavirus.
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