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Ex. FOR-023Notice No. 1 (Jan. 23, 2020): suspension of public transport and outbound travel from Wuhan; Hubei provincial lockdown; State Council extension of the Spring Festival holiday (Jan. 26-27, 2020) and staggered work resumption (Feb. 2020)Wuhan lockdown noticeWuhan Municipal Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters (reported by Xinhua)China - Hubei Province / WuhanForeign governmentJan. 23, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantineSupply chainConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-076NDCS 'Coronavirus Health Update' page (as archived Apr. 11, 2020)Inmate visitation suspended (Mar. 16, 2020); Board of Parole COVID-19 update (Mar. 17); Cornhusker State Industries redirected to hand…Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (Director Scott R. Frakes)Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; State levelStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesSupply chainConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-107LED Bulletin 20-02, Lawful Product Returns for Event Cancellations Attributable to COVID-19 ConcernsBulletin 20-02: Lawful Product Returns For Event Cancellations Attributable to COVID-19 ConcernsColorado Department of Revenue, Liquor Enforcement DivisionColorado (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulatorMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Events and venuesSupply chainOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021)Latest Information on COVID-19 Response (NCEES)NCEESAll States; National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (the council of the State engineering and surveying licensing boards, which administers the FE, PE, FS and PS examinations for every board)Sector regulatorMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission datesCOVID-19 Response Efforts: Rescinded COVID-19 Waivers and Guidance; COVID-19 Immunization Waivers; COVID-19 Waivers and Resolutions for…State of Ohio Board of PharmacyState of Ohio Board of Pharmacy; State levelSector regulatorOct. 6, 2025Health care ordersSupply chainOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-007City 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 SchoolsCity of Boston, MassachusettsCityMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-051Legislative 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 CouncilTohono O'odham Nation (Arizona) - tribal legislatureTribalMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AZ-096Suspension of all tourism to Supai and Havasu Canyon, Mar. 16, 2020 to Feb. 1, 2023Havasupai Tribe suspension of all tourism to the reservation (Mar. 16, 2020 - Feb. 1, 2023)Havasupai Tribal CouncilHavasupai TribeTribalMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Business closureTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-059Casino closure directive (March 2020) and reopening standards (May 2020)Closure of licensed casinos and reopening under Gaming Commission and CDC conditions from May 21, 2020Mississippi Gaming Commission (Executive Director Allen Godfrey)MississippiSector regulatorMay 15, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-054MBTA schedule revisions effective Mar. 17, 2020 (reduced subway, bus, Commuter Rail and ferry service under the COVID-19 emergency)MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak)Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Massachusetts; division of MassDOT)StateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-033COVID-19 Update: Prometric Extends Closure of Testing Centers (U.S. and Canada test centers closed through Apr. 30, 2020; Notices to Schedule expiring Apr. 1-June 30, 2020 extended to Sept. 30, 2020; conditional-credit extensions recommended to boards)Covid-19 Update: Prometric Extends Closure of Testing CentersNASBA, AICPA, Prometric and the Boards of AccountancyAll States; National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (with the AICPA and Prometric, on behalf of the 55 boards of accountancy)Sector regulatorMar. 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-070Coronavirus Update - ARE 5.0 (chronology from March 2020: Prometric test centers closed; ARE appointments cancelled; seat credits; masks required at test centers; online proctoring launched Nov. 16, 2020; continued closures and short-notice cancellations into 2021)Coronavirus Update--ARE 5.0 (updated Feb. 3-4, 2021)NCARBAll States; National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (council of the 55 architectural licensing boards; administers the Architect Registration Examination)Sector regulatorMar. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-GA-018ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020)State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health EmergencyAssociation County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governmentsGeorgiaStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SFO-019Order 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 ClaraCountyMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-051Executive Order No. 13 (Limits on Places of Public Accommodation)County Executive Order 13 - Limits on Places of Public AccommodationCounty Executive Sam PageSt. Louis County, MissouriCountyMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-117Closure of all Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores at the end of business Mar. 17, 2020 (indefinite); limited online sales resumed Apr. 1, 2020; curbside pickup from Apr. 20, 2020 (under the Governor's Apr. 20 amendment, PA-110); phased store reopening with the county phases from May 8, 2020PLCB store closures and phased reopening (Mar. 17 - June 2020)Pennsylvania Liquor Control BoardPennsylvaniaSector regulatorMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureAlcohol and barsSupply chainConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-086Public 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 SpecialistHopi Tribe (Hopi Reservation, Navajo and Coconino Counties, Arizona) - tribal governmentTribalMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationStay-at-homeTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FOR-031Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Declaration of Infected Local Areas) Order 2020 [P.U.(A) 87/2020, Mar. 17, 2020] and Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020 [P.U.(A) 91/2020, Mar. 18, 2020] - the Movement Control Order (MCO), as reproduced in Malaysian Bar Circular No. 066/2020Movement Control Order regulationsMinister of Health under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342); National Security Council (Movement Control Order)MalaysiaForeign governmentMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineSupply chainConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-02-036Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout OhioNon-essential surgery orderDirector of Health Amy Acton, M.D., Ohio Department of HealthOhioStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersSupply chainConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-20-027Status of U.S. Consular Operations in Mexico in Light of COVID-19 (web page cited in 85 Fed. Reg. 21739)Status of U.S. Consular Operations in Mexico in Light of COVID-19U.S. Embassy and Consulates in MexicoUnited States Mission MexicoFederalMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-032RTC press-release index (captured 2020) listing: Mar. 18, 2020 'RTC pauses operation of Strip & Downtown Express route' beginning Mar. 19; Mar. 23, 2020 'RTC to reduce residential transit service March 25 - All routes to operate on Sunday schedule, two express services suspended, RTC Call Center and Bonneville Transit Center sales booth hours reduced'; Mar. 26, 2020 Silver STAR senior service expanded; Apr. 15, 2020 #SoundTheHornPress Releases Archives - Newsroom (RTC to reduce residential transit service March 25; RTC pauses operation of Strip & Downtown Express…Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC)Nevada (Clark County: Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Boulder City)Sector regulatorMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BAL-096Harford Transit LINK operations notice: no fixed-route services; limited demand responseUpdated Harford Transit LINK Operations: No Fixed Route Services; Limited Demand ResponseHarford County Government, Harford Transit LINKHarford County, Maryland (Harford Transit LINK)CountyMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CMH-032COTA fare suspension and rear-door boarding (Mar. 19, 2020) and focused service reductions (Mar. 16-23, 2020), as described in COTA's release 'COTA will return to fares beginning January 11' (Dec. 2020)COTA Will Return to Fares Beginning January 11Central Ohio Transit AuthorityCOTA service area (Franklin County and portions of adjoining counties)Sector regulatorMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitTravel and quarantineOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-02-068COVID-19 Health Mandate 005Elective medical proceduresGovernor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner of Health and Social Services; Chief Medical OfficerAlaskaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersSupply chainConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. WI-036Emergency Order #6 (March 18, 2020)Child care settings limited to 10 staff and 50 children at a timeAndrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health ServicesWisconsinStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q2Capacity limitSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source