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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-BNA-060	Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020)Health Directives Nos. 3 through 6 (Back to Business Phases 1 and 2 conditions)	Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer)	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-074	Clay County Public Health Center Annual Report 2020 ('In the year of 2020 COVID-19' timeline of public health emergency orders)Official chronology of the Clay County public health emergency orders of 2020	Clay County Public Health Center (Director Gary Zaborac) (report); orders signed by the Director under a county state of emergency declared by Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte	Clay County, Missouri (Clay County Public Health Center jurisdiction, outside Kansas City)County	Mar. 1, 2021		Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-051	Frequently Asked Questions: Yellowstone County Health Officer Order, November 9, 2020Frequently Asked Questions - Yellowstone County Health Officer Order - November 9, 2020	RiverStone Health (Yellowstone County health department), explaining the Health Officer Order of Nov. 9, 2020	Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty	Nov. 9, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-084	Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeksCascade City-County Health Officer Order of November 20, 2020, as continued and amended	Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments)	Cascade County, MontanaCounty	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-AR-016	ADH order of July 4, 2020 closing Brewski's Pub & Grub, Little Rock, as an imminent threat to public health (news report)KATV, 'Little Rock bar linked to cluster of infections didn't follow health rules, state says' (July 6, 2020)	Arkansas Department of Health (closure order) and Governor Asa Hutchinson (statement of July 6, 2020), as reported by KATV (Little Rock)	ArkansasState	July 6, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOperating condition	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NM-076	Public Health Emergency Order of February 24, 2021 (Turquoise level added) and its March 2021 reissuePublic Health Emergency Order... Amending Prior Public Health Emergency Orders to Impose County-by-County Restrictions Due to COVID-19	Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D.	New MexicoState	Feb. 24, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-081	Board of Health revision of COVID-19 mitigation requirements (Feb. 18, 2021): mask mandate retained; event capacities raised from 25 to 50 indoor and 100 outdoor; general business capacity limits removed except where needed for distancing; fitness facilities, pools, worship, personal care, restaurants and bars permitted with modificationsMissoula City-County Board of Health revision of Feb. 18, 2021	Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer	Missoula County, MontanaCounty	Feb. 18, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-057	Hospital Surge Public Health OrderOrder of the State Public Health Officer: Hospital Surge	State Public Health Officer (CDPH)	CaliforniaState	Dec. 17, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DEN-048	Public Health Order adopting CDPHE Public Health Order 20-35 (Safer at Home Dial) and all CDPHE amendmentsDDPHE order of September 18, 2020 adopting PHO 20-35	Executive Director, DDPHE	City and County of Denver, ColoradoCity	Sept. 18, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DEN-049	Public Health Order adopting CDPHE Public Health Order 20-36 (COVID-19 Dial) and rescinding the Sept. 18, 2020 orderDDPHE order of November 3, 2020 adopting PHO 20-36	Executive Director, DDPHE	City and County of Denver, ColoradoCity	Nov. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-075	Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Orders 05272020, 05312020, 06152020, 07012020, 08212020, 11172020, 01132021, 02212021Clay County public health emergency orders, March 2020 - February 2021	Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary Zaborac	Clay County, Missouri (outside Kansas City)County	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-076	Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Amended Orders effective July 1, July 16, Nov. 23, 2020, Jan. 16 and Feb. 22, 2021Platte County public health orders, March 2020 - February 2021	Platte County Health Department (Director Mary Jo Vernon) under the Platte County state of emergency	Platte County, Missouri (outside Kansas City)County	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-083	Board of Health Order of Oct. 28, 2020 (effective Nov. 1, 2020): gatherings capped at 50; bars, restaurants, casinos, gyms, movie theaters at 50 percent capacity; places of worship 75 percent; 12:30 a.m. closing unchangedCascade City-County Board of Health COVID-19 Order, October 28, 2020	Cascade City-County Board of Health	Cascade County (Great Falls), MontanaCounty	Oct. 28, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-007	City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubsPublic health emergency declared, details for BPS, restrictions for restaurants, bars, clubs (boston.gov, March 15, 2020)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SLC-046	Public Health Orders 2020-06.1 (May 7), 2020-07 (May 15), 2020-08 (May 29) and 2020-09 (June 5), 2020Successive orders aligning Salt Lake County with versions 4.1, 4.4 and 4.5 of the State's Phased Guidelines (Salt Lake City remaining in…	Salt Lake County Mayor and Health Department Executive Director	Salt Lake County, UtahCounty	May 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-073	Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Driving Schools (classroom occupancy 25 percent from May 26, 2020; 50 percent; 75 percent from Oct. 13, 2020; six-foot distancing except in-car instruction and DPS road tests)Minimum Standard Health Protocols - Checklist for Driving Schools	Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR	Texas; Governor's Strike Force to Open Texas, applied by TDLR (driver education and safety program)State	May 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. LA-072	BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE's releaseBESE adopts minimum health and safety standards for the reopening of Louisiana schools	Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)	LouisianaSector regulator	July 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NE-022	Directed Health Measure Orders of Nov. 13, 2020 (e.g., 2020-DCHD-014)Directed Health Measures effective Nov. 16, 2020 (elective surgery pause)	Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer	Nebraska (all districts)State	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-062	Emergency rule WSR 21-11-016, WAC 246-358-002 as revised (vaccination-status revisions to the temporary worker housing COVID-19 requirements)Emergency Rules, Department of Health, Chapter 246-358 WAC, Temporary Worker Housing (WSR 21-11-016)	Washington State Department of Health	Washington State Department of Health (State agency)Sector regulator	May 7, 2021	2021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-072	Local Health Officer order re-tightening restrictions (November 2020), as amended Feb. 24, 2021Order imposing 50 percent capacity limits, a curfew on bars and restaurants and gathering limits in Wyandotte County; curfew lifted…	Local Health Officer / UG Board of Commissioners	Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, KansasCounty	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-039	Approval of Clark County to move to Phase 2 of the Safe Start Washington plan, effective June 5, 2020 (small gatherings of five outside the household per week; in-store retail; dine-in with limits; salons, barbers, real estate, pet grooming, new construction under State guidance)Clark County approved to move to Phase 2 of state reopening plan	Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman (Phase 2 approval); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director)	Clark County, WashingtonCounty	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SFO-019	Order of the Health Officer of the County of Santa Clara (shelter in place), Mar. 16, 2020Order directing all individuals living in the County to shelter at their place of residence except to provide or receive certain essential…	Health Officer of the County of Santa Clara (Sara H. Cody, M.D.)	County of Santa ClaraCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-002	Interim Guidance for Higher Education During the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyMandatory reopening plan and operating requirements for every higher education institution in a Phase Four region (capacity, testing…	New York State Department of Health (New York Forward)	New YorkState	June 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IL-015	Restore Illinois: A Public Health Approach to Safely Reopen Our State (five-phase, eleven-region plan)Restore Illinois plan	Governor JB Pritzker; Illinois Department of Public Health; Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity	IllinoisState	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-070	Local Health Officer phased reopening order ('ReStart WyCo' Phase 1) (May 11, 2020)Phase 1 reopening: manufacturing and logistics open with distancing; restaurants carry-out and curbside only; hotels 25 percent; churches 10…	Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner	Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, KansasCounty	May 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source

Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-060)
Clay County Public Health Center (Director Gary Zaborac) (report); orders signed by the Director under a county state of emergency declared by Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte, Clay County Public Health Center Annual Report 2020 ('In the year of 2020 COVID-19' timeline of public health emergency orders) (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-074)
RiverStone Health (Yellowstone County health department), explaining the Health Officer Order of Nov. 9, 2020, Frequently Asked Questions: Yellowstone County Health Officer Order, November 9, 2020 (Nov. 9, 2020) (Ex. MT-051)
Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments), Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeks (Ex. MT-084)
Arkansas Department of Health (closure order) and Governor Asa Hutchinson (statement of July 6, 2020), as reported by KATV (Little Rock), ADH order of July 4, 2020 closing Brewski's Pub & Grub, Little Rock, as an imminent threat to public health (news report) (July 6, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AR-016)
Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D, Public Health Emergency Order of February 24, 2021 (Turquoise level added) and its March 2021 reissue (Feb. 24, 2021) (Ex. NM-076)
Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer, Board of Health revision of COVID-19 mitigation requirements (Feb. 18, 2021): mask mandate retained; event capacities raised from 25 to 50 indoor and 100 outdoor; general business capacity limits removed except where needed for distancing; fitness facilities, pools, worship, personal care, restaurants and bars permitted with modifications (Ex. MT-081)
State Public Health Officer (CDPH), Hospital Surge Public Health Order (Dec. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-057)
Executive Director, DDPHE, Public Health Order adopting CDPHE Public Health Order 20-35 (Safer at Home Dial) and all CDPHE amendments (Sept. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-DEN-048)
Executive Director, DDPHE, Public Health Order adopting CDPHE Public Health Order 20-36 (COVID-19 Dial) and rescinding the Sept. 18, 2020 order (Nov. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-DEN-049)
Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary Zaborac, Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Orders 05272020, 05312020, 06152020, 07012020, 08212020, 11172020, 01132021, 02212021 (Ex. MET-KC-075)
Platte County Health Department (Director Mary Jo Vernon) under the Platte County state of emergency, Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Amended Orders effective July 1, July 16, Nov. 23, 2020, Jan. 16 and Feb. 22, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-076)
Cascade City-County Board of Health, Board of Health Order of Oct. 28, 2020 (effective Nov. 1, 2020): gatherings capped at 50; bars, restaurants, casinos, gyms, movie theaters at 50 percent capacity; places of worship 75 percent; 12:30 a.m. closing unchanged (Ex. MT-083)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools, City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubs (Ex. MET-BOS-007)
Salt Lake County Mayor and Health Department Executive Director, Public Health Orders 2020-06.1 (May 7), 2020-07 (May 15), 2020-08 (May 29) and 2020-09 (June 5), 2020 (May 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-SLC-046)
Governor Greg Abbott (Strike Force to Open Texas); TDLR, Minimum Standard Health Protocols: Checklist for Driving Schools (classroom occupancy 25 percent from May 26, 2020; 50 percent; 75 percent from Oct. 13, 2020; six-foot distancing except in-car instruction and DPS road tests) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-073)
Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE's release (Ex. LA-072)
Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer, Directed Health Measure Orders of Nov. 13, 2020 (e.g., 2020-DCHD-014) (Ex. NE-022)
Washington State Department of Health, Emergency rule WSR 21-11-016, WAC 246-358-002 as revised (vaccination-status revisions to the temporary worker housing COVID-19 requirements) (May 7, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-062)
Local Health Officer / UG Board of Commissioners, Local Health Officer order re-tightening restrictions (November 2020), as amended Feb. 24, 2021 (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-072)
Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman (Phase 2 approval); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), Approval of Clark County to move to Phase 2 of the Safe Start Washington plan, effective June 5, 2020 (small gatherings of five outside the household per week; in-store retail; dine-in with limits; salons, barbers, real estate, pet grooming, new construction under State guidance) (Ex. MET-PDX-039)
Health Officer of the County of Santa Clara (Sara H. Cody, M.D.), Order of the Health Officer of the County of Santa Clara (shelter in place), Mar. 16, 2020 (Ex. MET-SFO-019)
New York State Department of Health (New York Forward), Interim Guidance for Higher Education During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (June 26, 2020) (Ex. SEC-27-002)
Governor JB Pritzker; Illinois Department of Public Health; Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Restore Illinois: A Public Health Approach to Safely Reopen Our State (five-phase, eleven-region plan) (May 5, 2020) (Ex. IL-015)
Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner, Local Health Officer phased reopening order ('ReStart WyCo' Phase 1) (May 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-070)

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