THE FEMA VACCINE

SITE IN

HOUSTON. THEY'LL HEAD BACK TO D.C. AFTER

THAT. >>> THIS MIDDAY, FEMA

EXPANDS ITS COVID VACCINE

FOOTPRINT IN NORTH

TEXAS. GLOBE LIFE FIELD IN ARLINGTON IS

NOW A LARGE VACCINATION

SITE. THE GOAL HERE IS TO GIVE 21,000

DOSES EACH WEEK.

LARRY COLLINS IS FOLLOWING THIS DEVELOPING STORY THIS MIDDAY.

HEY,

LARRY. >> Reporter: GOOD

MORNING, EVAN. WE'RE GOING TO START THE

STORY HERE IN DALLAS WHERE FEMA'S

FOOTPRINT HAS ALREADY BEEN FOR

TWO DAYS

NOW. THEY HAVE ALREADY VACCINATED

THOUSANDS OF NORTH TEXANS,

STARTING TODAY, THOUGH, THAT

EFFORT IS GOING TO RAMP UP EVEN

MORE.

HERE'S

WHY. RIGHT NOW AT THIS HOUR OVER

AT GLOBE LIFE FIELD, IN ARLINGTON,

MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY THERE

HELPING TO RUN THEIR FEDERAL

VACCINE

CENTER. THEY'LL OFFER THE FIRST DOSE OF

PFIZER VACCINE THERE EVENTUALLY,

TRANSITIONING OVER TO AT&T

STADIUM. THIS MORNING, THOUGH, WE MUST

MENTION THAT THIS

OPENING MEANT THE STATE ACTUALLY CUT SOME

VACCINE ALLOTMENTS

ELSEWHERE IN TARRANT COUNTY, THE

SAME HERE DALLAS COUNTY, CAUSING A BIT

OF CONCERN FOR GOVERNMENT AND HELP

LEADERS. WHEN TARRANT COUNTY SIGNED ON

TO BE A HUB, THEY SAID

THEY WOULD VACCINATE RESIDENTS IN

SMALLER NEARBY COUNTIES TO HELP THE

STATE. AROUND 20,000 DOSES THEY

ALREADY HAVE GIVEN OUT HAVE GONE TO OUT OF

COUNTY RESIDENTS. SO THEY SAY LOSING THOSE OTHER

DOSES COULD HINDER THE ENTIRE

REGION. >> THE VACCINES ARE GOING TO

CONTINUE TO INCREASE EACH WEEK.

WE ACTUALLY SAW THIS AS,

OKAY, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF

IT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE 21,000 EXTRA

VACCINES FOR THREE WEEKS IN A

MINIMUM, AND THIS WAS GOING TO

GIVE US AN

OPPORTUNITY TO BRING UP SOME OF THOSE

SITES TO GET THEM KIND OF USED TO

WORKING WITH THE VACCINES AND TO BE

READY WHEN THE INCREASED

PRODUCTIONS, YOU ANY, CAME TO

PASS AND WE STARTED

BENEFITTING FROM THAT.

>> Reporter: YOU HEARD

EARLIER EVAN TALKING ABOUT THE

JOHNSON & JOHNSON

VACCINE. THIS MORNING WE HAVE AN UPDATE

ON THE IMPACT THAT LIKELY THE

ADDITION OF THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE WILL

HAVE ON OUR LOCAL EFFORTS.

ACCORDING TO DALLAS COUNTY

JUDGE CLAY JENKINS, WHEN THAT VACCINE

IS IN FACT IMPROVED, THE FEMA

SITES IN DALLAS COUNTY AND

TARRANT COUNTY WILL INITIALLY

GET 6,000

DOSES EACH. AND THEY SAY THAT WILL HELP TO

GET MORE PEOPLE TO GET THAT

FIRST VACCINE TO

REALLY HELP EXPAND THE EFFORTS AND, OF

COURSE, THEY'RE BOTH

HOPING, BOTH

COUNTIES, THAT THEY WILL HAVE A WAY TO GET THOSE STATE