Leading Off (2/3/21)
COVID deaths rise as vaccination efforts expand, two new police chiefs are on the job in DFW, and the last days of a storied retailer.
By Peter Simek
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February 3, 2021
7:39 am
COVID. Dallas County announced 39 more deaths, and Tarrant County had 37 deaths, as Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins warns of a “dark” February. A vaccine hub at Texas Motor Speedway distrusted 10,000 vaccines. A mobile vaccination unit is helping to reach Tarrant County residents. The federal government will begin to send vaccines directly to pharmacies beginning next week. Evictions are supposed to be on hold during the pandemic, but this mother and her children were kicked out of their home anyway.
“Some people will be waiting for months unless the supply increases. You’ve got 400,000 people, and you’re getting 5,000 doses. You do the math. People are.
Shipping container housing complex makes this Dallas news colorful They also come with a little patio.
Photo courtesy of Merriman Anderson/Architects In this weekly roundup of Dallas news, the city is trying to dig itself out of a big backlog in construction permits, and is also wading through a COVID-19 vaccine cluster. There s a new affordable housing development, and Dallas new police chief is taking care of business. Here s what happened in Dallas this week:
Home sweet shipping container There s a cool new apartment complex made of shipping containers being built in southeast Dallas. Called the Lomax Container Housing Project, it converts old shipping containers into affordable housing for Dallas residents.