United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 10138
Coronavirus: Dogs
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4 June 2021
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10 June 2021 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using trained covid detection dogs to identify covid-19 infections; and if he will urgently set out a timescale for deployment of
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4 June 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using trained covid detection dogs to identify covid-19 infections; and if he will urgently set out a timescale for deployment of
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10 June 2021
Answer
The Department has been funding a clinical trial investigating whether COVID-19 can be detected by dogs. This work has been undertaken by a coalition including the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the charity Medical Detection Dogs.We ha...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-04/10138
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1329363
- uk · wq-1329363 · source updated 10 June 2021