Call for army to help with vaccine roll out in the north By Gordon Calder Published: 09:00, 15 January 2021 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper NORTH MP Jamie Stone was shocked to discover the Scottish Government has not asked the army for help with the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine. He has written to Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman asking for a meeting with her and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as "a matter of urgency". Highlands and Islands Conservative MSP Edward Mountain has made a similar plea to the Scottish Government.