Casper and Jaya are the first dogs trained to detect the viral infection among personnel. Since November 2020, Casper and Jaya have been deployed in Chandigarh and Delhi to screen samples and detect COVID-19 among soldiers posted to forward areas of the Northern Command. They are the first two canines trained to detect COVID-19 cases from sweat and urine samples. They can detect COVID-19 with 95% accuracy, he said. and the U.S. have already trained dogs to detect COVID-19, he added.

Source: The Hindu February 09, 2021 20:03 UTC