COVID-19 smell detection dogs pilot completed – encouraging results
YIT has invested heavily in proactive measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus throughout the pandemic. In early spring, YIT experimented using smell detection dogs to detect the virus as early as possible, especially on diverse construction sites. With wagging tails, the dogs sniffed almost 1,000 samples collected from more than ten construction sites. Among many other things, this inspiring experiment prevented the spread of infection on one very large construction site. It also highlighted the possibilities for the use of dogs in the future. "The pilot was launched very