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Collected Item: “South Africa Trains Dogs to Detect COVID-19 at Airports”

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South Africa Trains Dogs to Detect COVID-19 at Airports

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In South Africa, a private security company that deploys dogs to sniff out illegal drugs and explosives at airports now is teaching the canine corps to detect COVID-19. Romain Chanson checks out the situation for VOA in this report from Johannesburg, narrated by VOA’s Carol Guensburg.

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Pandemic Pets, dog, smell, sniff, canine, detect, COVID-19, airport, Johannesburg, South Africa

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https://www.voanews.com/episode/south-africa-trains-dogs-detect-covid-19-airports-4687731

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Romain Chanson, VOA

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2021-05-15
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