Billionaire Boohoo boss Mahmud Kamani has teamed up with a Cambridge-based biotech firm developing a 10-minute home saliva test for COVID-19.
Designed to give a result in 10 minutes, the simple test strip, which is yet to be licensed, has been described as being 'like a pregnancy test' but for saliva.
The current NHS home testing swabs have to be used on the tonsils and nostrils and can cause discomfort. They also have to be sent to labs for results.
There have also been issues with some tests sent away to labs - with data from tests carried out at drive-throughs and other privately-run stations said to be missing due to a 'log jam'.