he was at the podium with sir patrick vallance and professor yvonne doyle.850 people have died in uk hospitals having tested positive for coronavirus. that brings the total number to more than 14,500. the business secretary announced that the government has set up a vaccine task force, to back development of a new drug. but alok sharma warned that there are "no guarantees" that a vaccine can be produced quickly, it could take many months(ani)and it's impossible at this stage, to put a date on when a treatment might be ready. our political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. i suppose the stand out announcement from the business secretary was this vaccine task force. the government has set up. it will involve ministers, scientists and people from academia. the suggestion from one person was perhaps the uk has been late on testing, perhaps the uk has been late on ventilators, but it could get ahead of the game with vaccines? i think that's what the government is trying to do here. to say, we have a plan for vaccines, we will speak to experts and sci