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