The Duchess of Cornwall visited the Medical Detection Dogs training center in Milton Keynes. The center trains dogs for the detection of the odour of human disease in order to carry out a faster, more efficient and less invasive diagnostics process. Trials still continue at the center to determine whether trained dogs can act as a diagnostic tool of COVID-19.
That new project is a collaboration between the charity, Durham University and The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. At the center, The Duchess met with the personnel and watched Labradors Marley and Bea sniff out COVID-19 samples. It is expected that COVID-19 detecting dogs could begin their duty at airports by Christmas. The Duchess of Cornwall is Patron of Medical Detection Dogs.
