Dogs Could Soon Become Valuable Allies In The Fight Against COVID-19

Ariel Kim
2020-07-07T12:43:39-07:00

One of the biggest challenges to battling the rapid spread of COVID-19 is identifying and isolating people who are infected before the symptoms, which usually take between 3 to 13 days to surface. Now, frontline workers may get some help from canines who can "sniff out" the disease even when the patient is asymptomatic, meaning he or she never shows any of the traits associated with COVID-19.