But 10 dogs at the Helsinki Airport are searching for something potentially as dangerous. A group of coronavirus-sniffing dogs were deployed at the airport for the first time on Tuesday, as part of a pilot program, according to Finnish airport operator Finavia. It’s the first airport in Europe, and the second in the world, to use dogs in the fight against the coronavirus. “This might be an additional step forward on the way to beating COVID-19,” airport director Ulla Lettijeff said in a written statement. A similar program at Dubai International Airport, where the idea of coronavirus-sniffing dogs was first implimented, reported the dogs' accuracy at 91%, Fox News previously reported.

Source: Fox News September 23, 2020 21:22 UTC