Officials at the main airport in Finland’s capital are using dogs to trace coronavirus patients. The pilot project began at Helsinki’s airport earlier this week.
A team of 15 dogs are being trained for the job.
They detect coronavirus by sniffing passenger samples.
A passenger swipes their neck with a gauze, puts it in a can handed over to another room.
There, a dog starts sniffing it to deliver an immediate result.
Researchers say the project looks promising. Researchers say a dog can detect the presence of the coronavirus within ten seconds.
They say dogs are a good choice for the job, because they are not easily infected.
Finland is the first European country to put dogs to work sniffing out Covid-19.