Cambodian Mine Action Center director Heng Ratana said on Friday that nine out of 12 demining dogs had completed their training to detect Covid-19 but were yet to be deployed.
Two landmines exploded in a Preah Vihear village in two separate incidents late morning Monday, killing three deminers and a local resident.
A cable company digging around a Siem Reap high school fence found a cache of old unexploded grenades, alerting demining experts who have since recovered more than 400 grenades, still full of powder, from the site.
Five demining dogs who have finished basic training are primed to start learning to sniff out Covid-19, even in crowds, the Cambodian Mine Action Center says.
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