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Australian scientists have developed an app that records the sound of coughing and determines whether coronavirus is the cause. It鈥檚 attracted the attention of one of the big Covid-19 vaccine developers - American pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer 鈥� which has since offered to buy his product.

Tony Keating, chief executive officer and managing director at ResApp Health, told Newsday this could significantly reduce the number of rapid antigen/PCR tests performed globally.

鈥淐ovid affects the lungs in a particular way which affects the cough sound in a particular way. If we provide a negative result we are 99 per cent sure that person is negative.鈥�

鈥淎s a smartphone-based test, it鈥檚 infinitely scalable 鈥� we can get a test to someone in central London just as easily as getting a test to someone in Mozambique.鈥�

(Pic: Man coughing into his sleeve; Credit: Getty Images)