ANCHORAGE, ALASKA --
Alaska truck drivers have rallied in assist of their counterparts in Canada who oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates with a convoy.
Greater than 100 truck drivers on Sunday drove the ten miles (16 kilometres) from Anchorage to Eagle River to assist truckers in Canada who've been protesting vaccine mandates in Ottawa, the Anchorage Every day Information reported.
Truck drivers and different service suppliers since Jan. 15 can solely enter Canada if they're absolutely vaccinated. Per week later, the U.S. required vaccinations from important non-resident vacationers.
“We've got to have the shot stamps on our medical playing cards to be able to exit of state, and we do not need them,” stated Jeremy Speldrich, a truck driver with GMG Common, Inc. of Anchorage. “Mandates ought to be our selection, whether or not you need the pictures or not.”
One other protest convoy took vans from Eagle River north to the Wasilla space. Related occasions had been held Sunday in Fairbanks and late final month in Juneau.
A whole lot of truckers and private autos staged at Cabela's in South Anchorage earlier than driving to Eagle River on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, to assist Canadian truck drivers against COVID-19 vaccine mandates. (Invoice Roth/Anchorage Every day Information through AP)
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