| 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-PDX-040 | Clark County held in Phase 2 by the statewide two-week pause of July 2, 2020 (Phase 3 application of June 26 not acted on); statewide requirement from July 7, 2020 that all businesses refuse service to customers not wearing face coveringsClark County to remain in Phase 2 as state pauses reopening process | Governor Jay Inslee (statewide pause and business face-covering requirement); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick) | Clark County, WashingtonCounty | July 2, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-PDX-011 | Two-Week Pause on social activities, Nov. 11-25, 2020, applied to Multnomah County (restaurant indoor capacity 50 including staff, party size six; indoor activities capped at 50; telework directed; long-term care indoor visits halted; social gatherings six)As COVID-cases increase, officials call two-week pause to separate people during infectious period | Governor Kate Brown (Two-Week Pause); Chair Deborah Kafoury and Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines (County call to comply) | Multnomah County, OregonCounty | Nov. 6, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care orders | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-PDX-037 | Two-Week Pause applied to Clackamas County, Nov. 11-25, 2020 (long-term care visitation halted; restaurant and bar patrons reduced; indoor groups capped at six; work from home)Clackamas County reacts to two-week pause to fight COVID-19 | Governor Kate Brown (Two-Week Pause); Clackamas County (Chair Jim Bernard; Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present) | Clackamas County, OregonCounty | Nov. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care orders | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-PDX-041 | Modification of the County's COVID-19 case-investigation response (Nov. 17, 2020): every positive case instructed to isolate at home until no longer contagious (10 days; fever-free 24 hours); close contacts to quarantine 14 days and not go to work, school, child care or church; priority-location exposure management (schools, long-term care, jail, food processing)Public Health modifying COVID-19 response due to surge in cases | Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director) | Clark County, WashingtonCounty | Nov. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersQuarantine and isolation | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-PDX-042 | Adoption of shortened quarantine options for close contacts outside high-priority settings (10 days without symptoms; 7 days with a negative test on or after day 5), Dec. 9, 2020; full 14 days retained for long-term care, health care, food processing, jail, school and child-care workersClark County adopts shortened COVID-19 quarantine options for some close contacts | Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), adopting Washington DOH and CDC options | Clark County, WashingtonCounty | Dec. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersQuarantine and isolation | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-PDX-057 | Mandate requiring masks for all staff and guests in all Multnomah County buildings (libraries, clinics and other facilities), in force by Aug. 2, 2021, following the July 26, 2021 universal recommendationReminder! Masks now required for staff and guests to all Multnomah County buildings | Multnomah County (facility mandate); Multnomah County Public Health (Director Jessica Guernsey) | Multnomah County, OregonCounty | Aug. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-PDX-014 | Executive order mandating masks in all indoor public spaces in Multnomah County for all persons 5 and older regardless of vaccination status, effective Aug. 13, 2021 (announced Aug. 9, 2021)Multnomah County Chair issues executive order mandating masks in all public indoor spaces | Chair Deborah Kafoury (executive order under the County emergency declaration) | Multnomah County, OregonCounty | Aug. 9, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-PDX-015 | Board briefing of Aug. 10-11, 2021 confirming the countywide indoor mask mandate effective Aug. 13, 2021, its complaint-based enforcement and fines up to $1,000Commissioners voice support for mask mandate, praise Public Health for its leadership | Multnomah County Board of Commissioners (briefing); Chair Deborah Kafoury; Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines | Multnomah County, OregonCounty | Aug. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |