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Customs will not use Covid sniffer dogs The government said there wasn t enough evidence that canines could detect the virus, according to Helsingin Sanomat. Finnish researchers have trained sniffer dogs to seek out coronavirus. Image: Matti Myller / Yle Finnish Customs said it won’t employ specially trained sniffer dogs at border points after the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health said there was not enough evidence to support the canines ability to detect the virus, reports Helsingin Sanomat. Plans had been in the works for the dogs to sniff out potentially Covid-infected travellers passing through border checkpoints. However, officials at the ministry said there was not sufficient evidence to indicate that dogs could detect coronavirus, despite previous studies suggesting that canines could identify the virus quickly.

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