Coronavirus update – The UK’s search for a COVID-19 vaccine will be turbocharged with a multi-million pound coronavirus funding boost, Business Secretary Alok Sharma said tonight.
Ministers last night unveiled a further 21 projects which will get a slice of a £14million to help find a way out of the deadly pandemic, but it will still take many months to develop.
And they unveiled a new, national Covid 19 hit-squad of boffins to lead the mission to find a vaccine and cure.
In total £25million has been revealed to try and find the way out of the crisis.
