Safety in numbers ALL ACROSS THE UK, PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO SAFELY DELIVER THE COVID-19 VACCINE TO MILLIONS OF US

Many military personnel have come together to help speed up the vaccination programme, and 27- year- old Calum Macleod of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards is just one of them. He was called upon by GMC (General Medical Council) Scotland to help set up sites in Glasgow that will be vaccinating more than 1,000 people each day.

“We at the Scots DG have been tasked with identifying and validating vaccination centres, and getting them up and running,” says Calum. “We’re doing anything from helping to lay flooring, to moving chairs and tables around. We’ve been on task now for just under two weeks.

“It was actually a similar situation there, where we would be given a site and then had to transform it from being in a car park or something like that into an actual operational centre where people could be tested. These have now been taken over by the Scotland Ambulance Service.” doing something for people in Scotland. “I’m from the local area so it feels really good to be getting these vaccinations out. A lot of my soldiers are also really happy and motivated to be helping communities across Scotland.”

Calum is well aware of the importance of his and his team members’ efforts in helping everyone be able to return to normality.

“When we take off the uniform at night, we’re just regular people, and like everyone else we want to get back to our everyday lives – going to the pub at weekends, meeting friends in restaurants or parks,” he says.

“Partners and families have all been affected by this, so we just want to get everything back on track, and we’re more than happy to do our bit.”