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Ex. MET-PHL-043Township office closed to the public (Mar. 16, 2020); public access to the Township Municipal Building by appointment only from Nov. 16, 2020 (memorandum of Nov. 20, 2020); Township rule requiring all employees to wear face masks in all Township facilities (posted 2021, captured Sept. 20, 2021)Haverford Township building-access and employee mask rules, 2020-2021Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners)Township of Haverford (Havertown), Delaware County, PennsylvaniaCityMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-139Order 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 amendmentSecretary / Acting Secretary of HealthPennsylvaniaStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-09-009Amendments 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 OrdersGovernor Tom Wolf; Secretary of HealthPennsylvaniaStateApr. 20, 20202020 Q2Business closureWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-024Amendment to the Construction AuthorizationAmendment to Construction Executive Order (May 15, 2020)Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPHCity of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCityMay 15, 20202020 Q2Business closureWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070Preliminary 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 levelStateJune 3, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-116Orders 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.PennsylvaniaStateJune 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-026Amendment 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, MPHCity of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCityJune 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Capacity limitWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-032Supplemental 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, MPHCity of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCitySept. 21, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-034Amendment Regarding Permitted Gathering Sizes (Oct. 15, 2020)Amendment Regarding Permitted Gathering Sizes to the Emergency Order Allowing Limited Reopening of BusinessesMayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPHCity of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCityOct. 15, 20202020 Q4Gathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-078Pennsylvania 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)StateNov. 1, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-036Third Supplemental Gatherings OrderThird Supplemental Emergency Order Regarding Outdoor Gatherings and Events (Dec. 30, 2020)Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPHCity of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCityDec. 30, 20202021 Q1Gathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PIT-053Return-to-office of county and city employees (July 26, 2021) and the August 6, 2021 vaccinate-or-mask-and-test rules for county and city employees; vaccination required of new hiresAs COVID case rate climbs, county and city workers are back in the office full time (PublicSource)Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh (as reported by PublicSource, July 30, 2021, updated Aug. 6, 2021)Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCountyJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PIT-051County workforce directive of August 5, 2021: unvaccinated county employees must mask and be tested; unvaccinated visitors to county buildings must mask; vaccination required of all new hires from August 9, 2021Fitzgerald Announces Mask Mandate For Unvaccinated County Workers (WESA, Aug. 5, 2021)County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (as reported by WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR station)Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaCountyAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-141Emergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 Mandating Vaccines for Healthcare Workers and in Higher Education, Healthcare, and Related Settings (adopted Aug. 12, 2021; effective Aug. 16, 2021)Philadelphia health care worker vaccination regulationPhiladelphia Board of Health / Department of Public HealthPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaCityAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed 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-PIT-052County employee COVID-19 vaccination requirement announced September 29, 2021 (proof of vaccination by December 1, 2021)Allegheny County government employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 1 (WESA, Sept. 29, 2021)County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (as reported by WESA)Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaCountySept. 29, 20212021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source