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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. SEC-01-139	Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Mar. 24, 2020), as amended July 10, 2020, Jan. 27, 2021 (SEC-01-094) and Aug. 13, 2021 (effective Aug. 18, 2021)Pennsylvania hospital daily reporting order and its Aug. 13, 2021 amendment	Secretary / Acting Secretary of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-121	Friends of Danny DeVito v. Wolf, No. 68 MM 2020 (Pa. Apr. 13, 2020) (upholding the Mar. 19, 2020 business closure order against constitutional challenge; application for stay denied Apr. 24, 2020)Friends of Danny DeVito v. Wolf	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaCourt	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-117	Act 15 of 2020 (SB 841): Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) omnibus amendmentsRemote notarization (57 Pa.C.S. § 306 temporary authorization); remote meetings of local government bodies; property-tax and other emergency…	Pennsylvania General Assembly (SB 841), signed by Governor Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-110	Amendment of Apr. 20, 2020 to the Orders Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining (online motor-vehicle sales authorized; Liquor Control Board curbside pickup; limited construction from May 8, later May 1)Amendment to the Business Closure Orders (Apr. 20, 2020)	Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-111	Amendment of Apr. 27, 2020 permitting golf courses, marinas, guided fishing trips and privately owned campgrounds to reopen May 1, 2020, and moving the construction restart to May 1, 2020Amendment to the Business Closure Orders (Apr. 27, 2020)	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closure	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-09-009	Amendments of Apr. 20, 2020 to the Orders closing businesses that are not life sustaining (construction permitted from May 1, 2020)April 20, 2020 amendments to the Business Closure Orders	Governor Tom Wolf; Secretary of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-088	Order directing local courts to restore more operations from May 4, 2020, continuing the statewide judicial emergency through June 1, 2020, and extending the eviction stay to May 11, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket)In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (local court operation)	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)	PennsylvaniaCourt	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-024	Amendment to the Construction AuthorizationAmendment to Construction Executive Order (May 15, 2020)	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	May 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-GM-040	Organizer noticeUSMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills examination (physician licensing)	USMLE program (NBME and FSMB)	Five clinical skills evaluation centers (Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles), PA; IL; GA; TX; CAOrganizer	May 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Organizer notice	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-089	Order on the cessation of the general statewide judicial emergency after June 1, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket)In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (cessation as of June 1, 2020)	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)	PennsylvaniaCourt	May 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070	Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopensRequirement that every school entity adopt and post a Health and Safety Plan approved by its governing body, consistent with the Secretary…	Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega)	Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary of Education); State levelState	June 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-116	Orders directing universal baseline COVID-19 testing of residents and staff: nursing care facilities (June 8, 2020; baseline by July 24, 2020) and personal care homes, assisted living residences and intermediate care facilities (June 26, 2020; baseline by Aug. 31, 2020)Orders of the Secretary of Health Directing Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities (June 8 and June 26, 2020)	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.	PennsylvaniaState	June 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-026	Amendment Regarding Outdoor Dining to the Yellow Phase OrderAmendment Regarding Outdoor Dining to the Emergency Order Allowing Limited Reopening of Businesses (Yellow Phase Order)	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	June 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-095	PDP 'COVID-19 resources' page (last updated June 22, 2020; archived July 2, 2020)Department COVID-19 resources during the City's 'yellow phase' of reopening (visitation suspended since March 2020 with video visits)	Philadelphia Department of Prisons (Commissioner Blanche Carney)	Philadelphia Department of Prisons (City of Philadelphia); city levelCity	June 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-23-GM-030	Organizer noticeAppalachian Gas Measurement Short Course (AGMSC) 2020	AGMSC Executive Committee (Robert Morris University host)	Moon Township (Robert Morris University), PAOrganizer	July 1, 2020	2020 Q3	Organizer notice	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-14-022	Order of the Governor Related to Foreclosures and Evictions (extension)Order Related to Foreclosures and Evictions	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	July 9, 2020	2020 Q3	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-26-GM-025	VHMA Hospital Managers Conference Online TVB ReportVHMA Annual Meeting and Conference (veterinary hospital managers' three-day conference)	Veterinary Hospital Managers Association	Orlando (2020); Philadelphia (2021), FL (2020); PA (2021)Organizer	July 17, 2020	2020 Q3	Organizer notice	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-029	Gyms Amendment to the Modified Green Phase OrderAmendment Regarding Gyms and Indoor Exercise Facilities to the Emergency Order Allowing Limited Reopening of Businesses (July 20, 2020)	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	July 20, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-030	Second Amendment Regarding Additional Activities to the Modified Green Phase OrderSecond Amendment Regarding Additional Activities to the Emergency Order Allowing Limited Reopening of Businesses... Green Phase (Aug. 21…	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Aug. 21, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-090	Opinion, County of Butler v. Wolf, No. 2:20-cv-00677-WSS, Doc. 79 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 14, 2020) (declaring the gathering limits, stay-at-home and business-closure components of the Governor's orders unconstitutional)County of Butler v. Wolf - Opinion (Document 79, 66 pages)	United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Stickman, J.)	Pennsylvania (federal district court, W.D. Pa.)Court	Sept. 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-032	Supplemental Gatherings OrderSupplemental Emergency Order Regarding City Policy on Gatherings of Persons (Sept. 21, 2020)	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Sept. 21, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-034	Amendment Regarding Permitted Gathering Sizes (Oct. 15, 2020)Amendment Regarding Permitted Gathering Sizes to the Emergency Order Allowing Limited Reopening of Businesses	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Oct. 15, 2020	2020 Q4	Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-078	Pennsylvania Farm Show website, '2021 PA Farm Show' (Secretary Redding's August 2020 announcement of a virtual 2021 Pennsylvania Farm Show; the Jan. 9-16, 2021 in-person show, the nation's largest indoor agricultural exposition, cancelled), as captured Nov. 1, 20202021 PA Farm Show (virtual)	Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (Secretary Russell Redding)	Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (State agency; operator of the Pennsylvania Farm Show)State	Nov. 1, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-088	Board of Health order requiring all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County to provide virtual-only instruction and suspending extracurricular activities and sportsMontgomery County Board of Health order: all K-12 schools virtual, Nov. 23 - Dec. 6, 2020	Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Board of Health)County	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Gathering capSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-06-GM-014	WHYY, 'The Philadelphia Flower Show will make outdoor debut at FDR Park in 2021' (Dec. 8, 2020)Philadelphia Flower Show 2021 and the Pennsylvania Convention Center	Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority	Philadelphia, PAOrganizer	Dec. 8, 2020	2020 Q4	Organizer notice	Confirmed from a secondary source

Secretary / Acting Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Mar. 24, 2020), as amended July 10, 2020, Jan. 27, 2021 (SEC-01-094) and Aug. 13, 2021 (effective Aug. 18, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-139)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Friends of Danny DeVito v. Wolf, No. 68 MM 2020 (Pa. Apr. 13, 2020) (upholding the Mar. 19, 2020 business closure order against constitutional challenge; application for stay denied Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. PA-121)
Pennsylvania General Assembly (SB 841), signed by Governor Wolf, Act 15 of 2020 (SB 841): Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) omnibus amendments (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-117)
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health, Amendment of Apr. 20, 2020 to the Orders Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining (online motor-vehicle sales authorized; Liquor Control Board curbside pickup; limited construction from May 8, later May 1) (Ex. PA-110)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment of Apr. 27, 2020 permitting golf courses, marinas, guided fishing trips and privately owned campgrounds to reopen May 1, 2020, and moving the construction restart to May 1, 2020 (Ex. PA-111)
Governor Tom Wolf; Secretary of Health, Amendments of Apr. 20, 2020 to the Orders closing businesses that are not life sustaining (construction permitted from May 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-09-009)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order directing local courts to restore more operations from May 4, 2020, continuing the statewide judicial emergency through June 1, 2020, and extending the eviction stay to May 11, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. PA-088)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Amendment to the Construction Authorization (May 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-024)
USMLE program (NBME and FSMB), Organizer notice (May 26, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-040)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order on the cessation of the general statewide judicial emergency after June 1, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (May 27, 2020) (Ex. PA-089)
Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega), Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopens (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Orders directing universal baseline COVID-19 testing of residents and staff: nursing care facilities (June 8, 2020; baseline by July 24, 2020) and personal care homes, assisted living residences and intermediate care facilities (June 26, 2020; baseline by Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. PA-116)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Amendment Regarding Outdoor Dining to the Yellow Phase Order (June 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-026)
Philadelphia Department of Prisons (Commissioner Blanche Carney), PDP 'COVID-19 resources' page (last updated June 22, 2020; archived July 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-095)
AGMSC Executive Committee (Robert Morris University host), Organizer notice (July 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-23-GM-030)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor Related to Foreclosures and Evictions (extension) (July 9, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-022)
Veterinary Hospital Managers Association, VHMA Hospital Managers Conference Online TVB Report (July 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-26-GM-025)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Gyms Amendment to the Modified Green Phase Order (July 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-029)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Second Amendment Regarding Additional Activities to the Modified Green Phase Order (Aug. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-030)
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Stickman, J.), Opinion, County of Butler v. Wolf, No. 2:20-cv-00677-WSS, Doc. 79 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 14, 2020) (declaring the gathering limits, stay-at-home and business-closure components of the Governor's orders unconstitutional) (Ex. PA-090)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Supplemental Gatherings Order (Sept. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-032)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Amendment Regarding Permitted Gathering Sizes (Oct. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-034)
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (Secretary Russell Redding), Pennsylvania Farm Show website, '2021 PA Farm Show' (Secretary Redding's August 2020 announcement of a virtual 2021 Pennsylvania Farm Show; the Jan. 9-16, 2021 in-person show, the nation's largest indoor agricultural exposition, cancelled), as captured Nov. 1, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-078)
Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020, Board of Health order requiring all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County to provide virtual-only instruction and suspending extracurricular activities and sports (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-088)
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, WHYY, 'The Philadelphia Flower Show will make outdoor debut at FDR Park in 2021' (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. SEC-06-GM-014)

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