Sniffer dogs are being trained to recognise the coronavirus in the UK

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• The next target for Medical Detection Dogs, a UK-based charity that trains sniffing dogs to recognise diseases, is the coronavirus.
• The charity is working alongside Durham University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to trial the dogs.
• Once a way to safely catch the coronavirus' odor is established, the charity estimates it will take six weeks to train up a coronavirus sniffing dog.
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There could be a new way to spot the coronavirus — sniffer dogs. 

In the UK, dogs trained by a charity called Medical Detection Dogs are experts at recognizing diseases like cancer, malaria and Parkinson's by their scent, according to the BBC.

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