Those passengers identified as having coronavirus by the sniffer dogs would require a confirmatory PCR test and to quarantine while awaiting the results. But this rapid screening of disembarking passengers would arguably inconvenience far fewer people than requiring everyone to quarantine and undergo PCR tests. It gave me peace of mind,” explains Cotter, who says using sniffer dogs could be a low-tech more affordable way of detecting Covid in the developing world. Finland was the first country in Europe (Dubai Airport carried out a similar trial with sniffer dogs) to put dogs to work sniffing out coronavirus. Customs authorities in Ireland say they haven’t been approached by the Department of Health to use sniffer dogs to detect Covid-19 at border points.

Source: The Irish Times May 29, 2021 04:52 UTC