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Test Content In the past week, we have moved closer to answering these questions, with an article published in BMJ Global Health, which found that dogs could detect COVID-19 almost as well as PCR tests, in some circumstances.

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This article reported the results of two studies. In both studies, four dogs were tested to see how well they detected COVID-19 from skin swabs taken from people with or without COVID-19 (according to the gold-standard test, PCR).

These dogs didn’t just come off the streets; they had already had a significant amount of training in sniffing out drugs, dangerous goods or cancer.

Source: CNA

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