Manitoba and North Dakota look to vaccinate cross-border essential workers Abbi Berg of North Dakota’s Department of Health told Global News her state is happy to help out the truckers heading south.“North Dakota is in a unique situation where we now have enough vaccine to meet the needs of our residents, so we wanted to help our neighbours to the north,” Berg said.“We know that COVID does not discriminate among Canadians, Americans, people crossing the border.
So we just had a conversation. We needed to get White House approval and then we hit the ground running. It went together very quickly.”Berg said over the first two days of the project, more than 170 Canadians have been vaccinated, and the response has been all positive.“They’re.