Dogs Trained to Detect COVID 19 in Vancouver Health Care Facilities

Canada's first C. difficile sniffing dog, Angus, searches a mock patient room with his owner and trainer Teresa Zurberg, a former C. difficile patient, during a demonstration at Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, B.C., on July 5, 2016. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER—Researchers in Vancouver are working to unleash a new weapon they hope will defeat the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.

The canine scent detection program at Vancouver Coastal Health is expanding to including dogs trained to sniff out COVID-19.