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Corona-sniffing dogs of the armed forces: four-legged friends the Virus can sniff out almost always
You could sniff out the Corona-Virus in the near future. The first Corona-sniffer dogs were paraded on Friday in the German armed forces barracks in Ulmen in the Rheinland-Pfalz. That dogs, with their strong odors can discover meaning in addition to drugs and explosives, and diseases, is known. The Corona Virus but requires a special training. About a week of Training was necessary to distinguish between the samples of Sars-CoV-2-infected patients and uninfected controls, is, it. Not because the animals can smell the Virus itself, but the processes of change that triggers the Virus in body fluids. For small quantities of liquid-rich to the dogs already. In elm, the dogs receive rewards, if they recognize Virus-infected saliva. The sniffer nose, according to information supplied to the authorities here to 94 percent correct. When the dogs detect the Virus in the practice, is still not sure said German defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who was on Friday in the elms to visit. “But I want to say very clearly, the essential next steps, so the distinction about to be a normal Influenza Virus, or the question of a truly active carrier, which are all phases that must now follow. And that’s why we need to make us the next months to come to here clean results.” The dogs could be used in public areas such as airports, borders or in mass events. And the conventional Corona Tests Supplement.