Coronavirus outbreak at vaccine lab visited by Boris Johnson last week

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with quality control technician Kerri Symington at the Livingston plant (Wattie Cheung/Daily Mail/PA)

An outbreak of coronavirus has been confirmed at the vaccine laboratory which was visited by Boris Johnson in Scotland last week.

There were a number of cases reported at the Valneva site in Livingston ahead of the British Prime Minister’s visit on Thursday – an event which had already received some criticism.