Photo: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum receives a COVID-19 vaccination in March, 2021.(Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

Courtesy of Paul Jergens & KFGO Radio

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – Governor Doug Burgum says he no plans to order that state employees receive a Covid-19 vaccination.

The latest CDC figures show a vaccination rate in the state of slightly over 41% with nearly 314,000 people fully vaccinated. Burgum says he’s hoping that FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine will encourage more people to get their shots.

Burgum says the pandemic has turned into a political debate and he’d expect resistance if he were to impose a vaccine requirement for state workers.