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By Laura Goodwin
image captionTechnicians working on the Valneva vaccine
Biotech company Valneva is manufacturing a Covid-19 vaccine at its plant in West Lothian, which is currently going through clinical trials.
On Wednesday morning, the Valneva labs in Livingston were busy.
Technicians in full protective gear were working across three different labs which we viewed through glass.
I waved as we entered. They didn t wave back.
Site manager Frances Muir said they are told not to wave.
They have more important things on their hands, namely Valneva s coronavirus vaccine candidate.
It is the only inactivated whole virus vaccine currently in trial phase in Europe. That means the virus is grown in the labs and then deactivated, made dead, so that it can t cause disease.
The United Kingdom has signed a deal with the French company Valneva for 40 million doses of its candidate novel coronavirus vaccine, a move that increases the country's sizable stockpile of doses.