Researchers are working on an app that could potentially detect COVID-19 in a user based on the sound of their cough. Called Coughvid, the app from EPFL’s (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Embedded Systems Laboratory, a technology research institute located in Switzerland, would ideally be able to distinguish a typical “wet cough,” such as one that person has from a normal cold or seasonal allergies, from a COVID-19 cough, which has a dry characteristic. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates The EPFL claims that the app, which is still under development, would have a 70% success rate in determining if a cough was indicative of COVID-19.