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Ex. NE-089Lincoln-Lancaster County Directed Health Measure of August 2021 (indoor face coverings)Lancaster County indoor mask directed health measure, Aug. 26 - Dec. 23, 2021Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Health Director Pat Lopez, with Mayor Leirion Gaylor BairdCity of Lincoln and Lancaster CountyCountyAug. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-019City of Boston announcement of the indoor mask mandate and Five-Point Plan for the Delta VariantMayor Janey announces indoor mask mandate for City of Boston (boston.gov, August 20, 2021)Acting Mayor Kim Janey (announcing the BPHC order of Aug. 20, 2021)City of Boston, MassachusettsCityAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-150Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: masks mandated indoors in businesses, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice poster)MASK REQUIRED even if you are vaccinated... Masks are mandated indoors by order of the Brookline Department of Public Health, Effective…Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public HealthTown of Brookline (Norfolk County), MassachusettsCityAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-151Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: face coverings mandatory in all common areas in buildings, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice)By order of the Brookline Department of Public Health, FACE COVERINGS ARE MANDATORY IN ALL COMMON AREAS in buildings. All adults and…Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public HealthTown of Brookline, MassachusettsCityAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-062Release: Travis County Court Grants Temporary Injunction in Favor of Harris County in Mask Mandate LawsuitHarris County Attorney release on the Aug. 27, 2021 temporary injunctionHarris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)Harris County, TexasCountyAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-092School District of Philadelphia 2021-22 health and safety plan: universal masking of students and staff regardless of vaccination status for the school year opening Aug. 31, 2021School District of Philadelphia universal masking, 2021-22 school yearSchool District of Philadelphia (Superintendent William R. Hite Jr.), implementing the Mayor's and Health Commissioner's orders requiring masks indoors at schools (Exs. MET-PHL-018, 019)City of Philadelphia / School District of PhiladelphiaCityJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-088School district mask requirements for the 2021-22 school year (Missoula, Bozeman, Helena, Billings, Whitefish)2021-22 school district mask requirements (Montana)Boards of Trustees of the named school districtsMissoula County Public Schools; Bozeman, Helena, Billings and Whitefish school districts, MontanaCityAug. 31, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-042Executive Directive Number Eighteen (2021), Ensuring a Safe WorkplaceState employees to disclose vaccination status and, if not fully vaccinated, be tested weekly and wear masksGovernor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-057MDH Order No. 2021-08-18-02, Amended Nursing Home Matters OrderAmended Nursing Home Matters Order: nursing home staff vaccination (first dose by September 1, 2021) or regular testingMaryland Department of Health (Secretary Dennis R. Schrader)MarylandStateAug. 18, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-140Vaccination protocols for State employees in 48 facilities (Department of Health and Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services) announced August 5, 2021, effective September 1, 2021Maryland state employees in 48 congregate facilities: vaccination or weekly testing and masksGovernor Larry HoganMarylandStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MD-077Governor's release (Aug. 5, 2021): Governor Hogan Announces New Vaccination Protocols for State EmployeesGovernor Hogan Announces New Vaccination Protocols for State EmployeesOffice of Governor Larry Hogan (press release)MarylandStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Vaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAC-072Yolo County homepage as captured Sept. 1, 2021: notice of the new Face Covering Health Order and of the amended Local Quarantine Health OrderYolo County homepage, Sept. 1, 2021 (new FACE COVERING HEALTH ORDER; Local Quarantine Health Order Amended)Yolo County (homepage)Yolo County, CaliforniaCountySept. 1, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-04-065Governor's Aug. 18, 2021 vaccination protocols for nursing home and hospital staff (as reported by WBOC)Hogan Institutes Stricter Vaccine Protocols for Workers at Md. Nursing Homes, HospitalsGovernor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr. (announcement); Maryland Department of Health (implementing order)MarylandStateAug. 18, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-061Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated September 1, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to November 1, 2021; limited-entry courthouses with remote-only hearingsVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtSept. 1, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-087Emergency regulations: 10 NYCRR 2.60 (Aug. 27, 2021; universal masking in all public and private P-12 schools) and 10 NYCRR 2.62 (Sept. 2, 2021; weekly testing of unvaccinated school personnel)NYSDOH emergency regulations 2.60 and 2.62New York State Department of Health (Commissioner Howard Zucker, M.D., on direction of Governor Kathy Hochul)New YorkSector regulatorAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-044News item republished by the Authority, 'Fan Expo marks first Boston public convention since COVID-19 pandemic' (Sept. 3, 2021)First public convention at the BCEC since the pandemic began (Sept. 3, 2021)Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (republishing a WCVB report)Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, MassachusettsStateSept. 3, 20212021 Q3Events and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TN-086G.S. ex rel. Schwaigert v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552, 2021 WL 4057812 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021) (temporary restraining order)Temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Shelby CountyUnited States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Lipman, J.)Tennessee (Shelby County)CourtSept. 3, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-137'Vaccine or Test' requirement for Commonwealth employees in health care and high-risk congregate facilities, announced August 10, 2021, effective September 7, 2021Commonwealth employees in state hospitals and high-risk congregate facilities: vaccination or weekly testingGovernor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateAug. 10, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-130Two Emergency Orders: (1) Mandating Face Coverings in Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; (2) Requiring Employers to Report Positive Cases in the WorkplaceCity of Worcester Enacts Two Emergency Orders: Mask Mandate in All Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; Order for Employers to…Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, M.D., Worcester Division of Public Health (City of Worcester)City of Worcester (Worcester County), MassachusettsCitySept. 3, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SEA-025Executive release announcing the outdoor mask order of Sept. 2, 2021King County outdoor mask order release (Sept. 2, 2021)King County Executive Dow Constantine (release describing MET-SEA-002)King County, WashingtonCountySept. 2, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-108Announcement of Aug. 10, 2021: vaccination-or-weekly-testing requirement for Commonwealth employees in State-run health care and high-risk congregate facilities (state hospitals, state centers, veterans' homes, community health centers, state correctional institutions), effective Sept. 7, 2021; new hires must be vaccinatedGov. Wolf Announces Vaccine or Test Requirement for Commonwealth Employees in Health Care and High-Risk Congregate FacilitiesGovernor Tom Wolf (Office of Administration policy for Commonwealth employees)PennsylvaniaStateAug. 10, 20212021 Q3Vaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-133State employee vaccination-or-testing requirement announced August 11, 2021, effective September 8, 2021Minnesota state employees must be vaccinated or tested weeklyGovernor Tim WalzMinnesotaStateAug. 11, 20212021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-060Ordinance No. 2021-078, Enactment of Certain Ordinances Related to COVID-19Re-enactment of mask ordinances (including K-12 schools) after Wilson v. City of ColumbiaColumbia City CouncilCity of Columbia, South CarolinaCitySept. 8, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CMH-049Bexley indoor mask mandate announced Sept. 8, 2021, effective Sept. 10, 2021 (City release)Indoor Mask Mandate Effective Friday, September 10City of Bexley (Mayor Ben Kessler)City of Bexley, Ohio (Franklin County)CitySept. 8, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-054Extension of the COVID-19 State of Emergency for thirty days (Sept. 10, 2021)Gov. Tate Reeves extends COVID-19 state of emergency another 30 days (Mississippi Today, Sept. 10, 2021)Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today)MississippiStateSept. 10, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationConfirmed from a secondary source

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