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Pakistan: 24 air passengers quarantined after trained dogs identify them as Covid-19 carriers
Updated On: 10 June, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Peshawar | PTI
According to a new research in the UK, specially trained dogs can rapidly and non-invasively detect Covid-19 with up to 94.3 per cent sensitivity and up to 92 per cent specificity
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Twenty four people, who arrived at the airport here on Thursday from a flight from the UAE, were sent to quarantine centres after trained dogs identified them as carriers of the coronavirus, according to authorities here.
The Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-218 from Abu Dhabi landed at Peshawar's Bacha Khan International Airport with 128 passengers on board. The rapid swab tests of 128 passengers were conducted at the airport.
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