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Hawaii dogs train to become COVID-19 detectors

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VIDEO COURTESY THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER
Specially trained dogs are learning to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in humans.
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The COVID-19 detectors of Assistance Dogs of Hawaii.
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Tess with Maureen Maurer from Assistance Dogs of Hawaii and Dr. Whitney Limm from Queen’s Hospital. Tess has already sniffing samples from patients at Queens and has been detecting COVID with a pretty high accuracy rate.
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COVID-sniffing dog Tess with Katie Julian, handler and researcher from Assistance Dogs of Hawaii.
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COVID-sniffing dog Tess from Assistance Dogs of Hawaii.
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Sadie the COVID-19 detecting dog.
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Tess the COVID-19 detecting dog.
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Yuki the COVID-19 detecting dog.
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Yuki the COVID-19 detecting dog.
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Yuki the COVID-19 detecting dog.
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Samson the COVID-19 detecting dog.
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COVID-sniffing dog Tess with Katie Julian, handler and researcher from Assistance Dogs of Hawaii.
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COVID-sniffing dog Tess with Katie Julian, handler and researcher from Assistance Dogs of Hawaii.

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