VACCINATION centres across Scotland are being set-up by troops as the bid to protect millions steps continues.
Nearly 100 soldiers have been deployed across the country to prepare suitable locations for medics to administer the Covid-19 jab.
This includes at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, in Motherwell, where the army has been spotted putting the finishing touches on the centre.
Already the NHS Louisa Jordan, the temporary hospital at the SEC, has been turned into a vaccination hub with 5000 doses given to people on Saturday.
The UK Government said soldiers will organise vaccine delivery to the sites, prepare storage for medicines and equipment, how to register and record patients as well as sorting car parking and traffic flow around the centres.
The troops, most of whom will be from the Leuchars-based Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, will then hand over the running of the sites to the health service.
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