COVID-19 vaccine scheduling

Akron City Council is considering a law that would require police to automatically post body camera footage within a week of an officer using deadly force; Dennis Kucinich will seek another bid for Cleveland mayor more than 40 years later; several Northeast Ohio municipalities are speaking out against an amendment slipped into the Senate’s state budget proposal that limits public broadband projects and cuts all broadband-related funding; and more stories.

County officials say the vaccination effort will continue despite the switch in shots.

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Progress toward lifting all health restrictions in Ohio has stalled as COVID transmission rates remain stubbornly high; registration is underway for the mass vaccination site at the Summit County Fairgrounds, which opens Saturday; Akron-based First Energy says it will reimburse $26 million to its Ohio ratepayers; and more stories.

With more than 570,000 doses expected to arrive Tuesday, Gov. Mike DeWine says people will be able to book appointments closer to their homes.

Akron METRO will offer free transportation to the site which plans to operate three to four days a week, administering 5,000 doses.

A week after opening as one of Ohio's 15 mass vaccination sites, thousands have been given the shots. And in general people are pleased with the experience.

More than 31,000 people have already received a COVID-19 vaccine at the Wolstein Center mass vaccination clinic in Cleveland, Gov. Mike DeWine said Monday.

Mike DeWine says no shots should be wasted and gives permission to providers to fill unbooked appointments with those who are not yet eligible.

Fifteen clinics are up and running in large cities and smaller towns, and appointments are booking quickly.