Personnel will be deployed to help the vaccination programme in NHS Lothian and NHS Lanarkshire.
The armed forces personnel include vaccinators as well as registered health professionalsMore than 60 personnel will be deployed in Scotland as part of Operation Rescript for up to five weeks.
They will provide "ongoing assistance" with administering vaccines, logistics, planning support and carrying out "surge testing" where needed.In Scotland, 63 personnel will be split across NHS Lothian and NHS Lanarkshire with vaccinators, health professionals and command-and-control managers providing support.
More than 3.3 million people aged 18 or over in Scotland have so far received a first dose of a Covid vaccine, with about 2.2 million now fully vaccinated. Scotland's national clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch, said pushing the vaccine roll-out in Scotland and across the globe was vital in guarding against new variants.
On average, about 48,000 people a day in Scotland are currently receiving their first or second dose of a Covid vaccine.
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