UK Government Pulls Agreement With Valneva Over COVID-19 Vaccine

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to a laboratory at Valneva in Livingston where they will be producing a COVID-19 vaccine on a large scale, in Scotland on Jan. 28, 2021. Wattie Cheung/Daily Mail via PA

The UK government has terminated an agreement with French pharmaceutical company Valneva for its COVID-19 vaccination, the company said.

Some 100 million doses of the vaccine were put on order after the UK increased its request by 40 million in February.