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The sniffer dogs can detect Covid with 94 per cent accuracy.

The trials will establish whether these dogs can be used as a non-invasive, early warning measure to detect coronavirus.

The programme is training dogs to detect Covid in saliva and urine samples.

The approach is based on a belief that each disease triggers a distinct odour.

They said that the risk of catching coronavirus from animals "cannot be ruled out".