At the beginning of the month, free Covid-19 tests were scrapped in England as the government moved forward with its ‘Living with Covid’ plans.
As part of the announcement, only a small minority of the general public are still eligible for free tests, meaning that everyone else must now pay should they want to be tested.
However, soon you may be able to save costs and test for Covid 19 using an app on your phone. After being developed by scientists, an app called ResApp claims to be able to test for the infection by analysing the sounds of people’s coughs.
Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.Though the idea may seem ludacris, during the testing phase, ResApp correctly identified Covid-19 in 92% of people with the virus.