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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-RIV-001	Declaration of Local Health Emergency (announced by news release)Riverside County Public Health Officer declares local health emergency	Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser (Riverside University Health System-Public Health news release)	Riverside County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-062	Declaration of Local Health Emergency and Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors proclaiming a Local Emergency and ratifying and extending the Declaration of Local Health Emergency (March 10, 2020)San Bernardino County local emergency and local health emergency (March 10, 2020)	San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors; Acting Health Officer	San Bernardino County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-085	County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rules	Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer	Lewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement	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. DUT-TX-009	Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervalsDeclaration of Public Health Disaster	Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.)	TexasState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-090	Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020)Chester County COVID-19 instruments (by category)	Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial District	Chester County, Pennsylvania (Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department; Court of Common Pleas, 15th Judicial District)County		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAT-001	Public Health Emergency Declaration No. 1 and application for temporary restraining order (City release of March 2, 2020)City of San Antonio issues Public Health Emergency Declaration and sought temporary restraining order to keep quarantine in effect for…	Mayor Ron Nirenberg (City news release describing Public Health Emergency Declaration No. 1)	City of San Antonio, TexasCity	Mar. 2, 2020		Emergency declarationQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-058	IHS Coronavirus (COVID-19) News page listing the Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leader letters of Mar. 9, 16, 23 and 27, 2020 (archived Mar. 29, 2020)Coronavirus (COVID-19) / News: Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leader Messages on COVID-19	Indian Health Service (Principal Deputy Director Rear Adm. Michael D. Weahkee)	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health ServiceFederal	Mar. 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-NE-033	Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (statewide) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-008; not re-saved)Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009: the first statewide order and its compliance command	Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D.	Nebraska (statewide)State	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationOperating condition	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-083	Board of Trustees resolution reinstating the Public Health Emergency on the Umatilla Indian Reservation (September 2021)Board of Trustees Reinstates Public Health Emergency on Umatilla Indian Reservation Due to Spike in COVID Cases (Sept. 24, 2021)	CTUIR Board of Trustees (unanimous resolution); release by CTUIR communications	Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (Umatilla County, Oregon) - tribal governmentTribal	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AK-001	Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) and the Governor's COVID-19 Disaster Packet describing itDeclaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency, March 11, 2020	Governor Mike Dunleavy	AlaskaState	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DE-001	Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health ThreatDeclaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	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-RIV-011	Board of Supervisors vote of May 8, 2020 directing rescission of local health orders (news release)Riverside County reverts to state orders: Most local health orders to be rescinded in alignment with governor's orders	Riverside County Board of Supervisors (special meeting of May 8, 2020), reported by the County Joint Information Center	Riverside County, CaliforniaCounty	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DFW-056	Declaration of Public Health EmergencyDeclaration of Local Disaster and Public Health Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020)	Mayor Betsy Price (emergency management director)	City of Fort Worth, TexasCity	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-044	Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19Mayor's proclamation of a Local State of Disaster Due to a Public Health Emergency; Rodeo closed; City events cancelled	Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release)	City of Houston, TexasCity	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NM-073	Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020), as described in the City's releaseMayor Keller Declares Local Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19	Mayor Timothy M. Keller	City of Albuquerque, New MexicoCity	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-011	Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (July 19, 2021, effective July 20, 2021)Renewal of Determination That A Public Health Emergency Exists	Secretary of HHS	United StatesFederal	July 19, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-051	Legislative Council Resolution No. 20-094, Authorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyAuthorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (web posting of Mar. 30, 2020 carrying the resolution as an image)	Tohono O'odham Legislative Council	Tohono O'odham Nation (Arizona) - tribal legislatureTribal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FL-079	Renewal of Declaration of Public Health EmergencyRenewal of Declaration of Public Health Emergency (Aug. 28, 2020)	State Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D.	FloridaState	Aug. 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FL-080	Renewal of Declaration of Public Health EmergencyRenewal of Declaration of Public Health Emergency (Oct. 23, 2020)	State Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D.	FloridaState	Oct. 23, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-019	Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (Jan. 31, 2020, effective Jan. 27, 2020) and renewals (Apr. 21, July 23, Oct. 2, 2020; Jan. 7, Apr. 15, July 19, Oct. 15, 2021)Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists	Secretary of HHS	United StatesFederal	Jan. 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DET-055	Emergency Epidemic Order in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (continuing declaration of local emergency)Continuing Emergency Epidemic Order of June 23, 2021 providing for virtual meetings of public bodies 'to continue to protect the public…	Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer	City of Detroit, MichiganCity	June 23, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-057	Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors of March 10, 2020 proclaiming the existence of a Local Emergency and ratifying and extending the Declaration of Local Health EmergencyBoard of Supervisors resolutions of March 10, 2020	Riverside County Board of Supervisors	Riverside County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-086	Public Health Emergency declaration (Mar. 18, 2020); Stay-At-Home Orders (first Mar. 23, 2020, extended to July and to the end of August 2020; six orders in total); nightly curfew and travel halt (June 2020), as recounted on the Tribe's COVID-19 Response and Resources pageCOVID-19 Response and Resources: The Local Response to a Global Pandemic (the Hopi Tribe's account of its emergency declaration…	The Hopi Tribe (Office of the Chairman; Hopi Emergency Response Team); account by the Hopi Media Specialist	Hopi Tribe (Hopi Reservation, Navajo and Coconino Counties, Arizona) - tribal governmentTribal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeTravel and quarantineCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source

Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser (Riverside University Health System-Public Health news release), Declaration of Local Health Emergency (announced by news release) (Mar. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-001)
San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors; Acting Health Officer, Declaration of Local Health Emergency and Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors proclaiming a Local Emergency and ratifying and extending the Declaration of Local Health Emergency (March 10, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-062)
Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer, County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MT-085)
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)
Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.), Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervals (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-009)
Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial District, Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-090)
Mayor Ron Nirenberg (City news release describing Public Health Emergency Declaration No. 1), Public Health Emergency Declaration No. 1 and application for temporary restraining order (City release of March 2, 2020) (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-001)
Indian Health Service (Principal Deputy Director Rear Adm. Michael D. Weahkee), IHS Coronavirus (COVID-19) News page listing the Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leader letters of Mar. 9, 16, 23 and 27, 2020 (archived Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-058)
Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D, Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (statewide) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-008; not re-saved) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NE-033)
CTUIR Board of Trustees (unanimous resolution); release by CTUIR communications, Board of Trustees resolution reinstating the Public Health Emergency on the Umatilla Indian Reservation (September 2021) (Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-083)
Governor Mike Dunleavy, Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) and the Governor's COVID-19 Disaster Packet describing it (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AK-001)
Governor John C. Carney, Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. DE-001)
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)
Riverside County Board of Supervisors (special meeting of May 8, 2020), reported by the County Joint Information Center, Board of Supervisors vote of May 8, 2020 directing rescission of local health orders (news release) (Ex. MET-RIV-011)
Mayor Betsy Price (emergency management director), Declaration of Public Health Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-056)
Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release), Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-044)
Mayor Timothy M. Keller, Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020), as described in the City's release (Ex. NM-073)
Secretary of HHS, Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (July 19, 2021, effective July 20, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-011)
Tohono O'odham Legislative Council, Legislative Council Resolution No. 20-094, Authorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-051)
State Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D, Renewal of Declaration of Public Health Emergency (Aug. 28, 2020) (Ex. FL-079)
State Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D, Renewal of Declaration of Public Health Emergency (Oct. 23, 2020) (Ex. FL-080)
Secretary of HHS, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (Jan. 31, 2020, effective Jan. 27, 2020) and renewals (Apr. 21, July 23, Oct. 2, 2020; Jan. 7, Apr. 15, July 19, Oct. 15, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-019)
Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer, Emergency Epidemic Order in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (continuing declaration of local emergency) (June 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-DET-055)
Riverside County Board of Supervisors, Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors of March 10, 2020 proclaiming the existence of a Local Emergency and ratifying and extending the Declaration of Local Health Emergency (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-057)
The Hopi Tribe (Office of the Chairman; Hopi Emergency Response Team); account by the Hopi Media Specialist, Public Health Emergency declaration (Mar. 18, 2020); Stay-At-Home Orders (first Mar. 23, 2020, extended to July and to the end of August 2020; six orders in total); nightly curfew and travel halt (June 2020), as recounted on the Tribe's COVID-19 Response and Resources page (Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-086)

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