Covid in Scotland: Army to help vaccine roll-out in variant response
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image captionThe armed forces personnel include vaccinators as well as registered health professionals
The Army is to start helping with the vaccination programme in NHS Lothian and NHS Lanarkshire.
More than 60 personnel will be deployed in Scotland as part of Operation Rescript for up to five weeks.
It is part of the UK government s response to variants of concern spreading throughout the country.
NHS Lothian has said it would ensure the number of vaccines administered in the area could be scaled up in line with national guidance.
The Army is also being deployed to assist the vaccine roll-out in north-west England.
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