Meet the newest and cuddliest frontline workers against Covid-19.
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00:29Barbie dogs have recently been used for detection of COVID-19 infection.
00:33We are using indigenous breed Chippiparai which has been trained on the urine samples.
00:39We are also using Cocker Spaniels and Labradors.
00:42Cocker Spaniels have been trained on the sweat samples and Labradors also we are using urine samples.
00:48We have conducted trials and then we have operationally deployed these dogs.
00:53Based on the data from the samples which we have tested till now,
00:57we can infer that the sensitivity which is the ability to detect the disease is more than 95%.
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