UK donates £20 million towards coronavirus vaccine

The Government has pledged £20 million to develop a new vaccine for coronavirus as deaths from the outbreak reach 361 with the total number of cases in China hitting 17,000. The new funding will support work developing new vaccines for epidemics, including their three new programmes to develop vaccines against the novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV. These projects aim to advance 2019-nCoV vaccine candidates into clinical testing as quickly as possible. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: “Vaccines are our best defense against a host of deadly diseases, including coronavirus. The UK is a hub of world-leading and pioneering research, and it is vital that we