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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. PA-037	Order Amending the November 23, 2020 Order Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community Transmission to Attest to Health and Safety Protocols (expiry May 31, 2021)Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Amending the November 23, 2020 Order of the Secretary of the…	Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam	PennsylvaniaState	May 13, 2021	2021 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-007	Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers Support of COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics at Institutions of Higher Education and School EntitiesOrder Directing Vaccine Providers Support of COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics at Institutions of Higher Education and School Entities…	Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. PA-071	Order of the Secretary Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community Transmission to Attest to Health and Safety ProtocolsOrder of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community…	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-015	Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Authorizing COVID-19 Diagnostic Rapid Antigen Testing in K-12 SchoolsOrder Authorizing COVID-19 Diagnostic Rapid Antigen Testing in K-12 Schools (Statement of Assurances; authorized vendor portal reporting…	Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-088	Board of Health order requiring all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County to provide virtual-only instruction and suspending extracurricular activities and sportsMontgomery County Board of Health order: all K-12 schools virtual, Nov. 23 - Dec. 6, 2020	Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Board of Health)County	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Gathering capSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070	Preliminary 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 levelState	June 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	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. PA-020	Updated Order of the Secretary of Health Requiring Universal Face Coverings (Nov. 17, 2020), sec. 4(A) (Business and School Entity Obligations)Updated Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Universal Face Coverings	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 17, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. PA-016	Order of the Secretary of Health Directing Mitigation Measures (Targeted Mitigation Order) (July 15, 2020), sec. 4 (Teleworking) and sec. 2 (restaurant guidance incorporated)Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Mitigation Measures	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.	PennsylvaniaState	July 15, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. PA-028	Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Limited-Time Targeted MitigationOrder of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Limited-Time Targeted Mitigation	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.	PennsylvaniaState	Dec. 10, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. PA-042	Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School EntitiesOrder of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School Entities	Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam	PennsylvaniaState	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. PA-003	Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life SustainingOrder of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureTelework mandateAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065	Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positionsChild Care Centers - providers approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency	Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL	Pennsylvania; Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (child-care licensing)Sector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-087	Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School EntitiesOrder Directing Face Coverings in School Entities (public and private schools, career and technical schools, charter and cyber schools…	Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, Pennsylvania Department of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. PA-073	Order of the Governor Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community Transmission to Attest to Health and Safety ProtocolsOrder of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community…	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-028	Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School EntitiesOrder Directing Face Coverings in School Entities (public and private K-12 schools, brick-and-mortar and cyber charter schools, early…	Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, Pennsylvania Department of Health	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-140	Orders of Mar. 19, 2020 closing businesses that are not life-sustaining, with the Industry Operation Guidance list ('Home Health Care Services - Yes - Elective procedures prohibited'; hospitals - Yes - elective procedures prohibited); DOH Guidance on Ambulatory Surgical Facilities' Responses to COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020)Pennsylvania life-sustaining business orders and list (elective procedures prohibited); DOH ASF guidance	Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-03-058	REVISED Guidance on COVID-19 for Dental Health Care Personnel in Pennsylvania (Mar. 22, 2020; archived Apr. 1, 2020)DOH directs facilities to cease all dental treatment except urgent and emergency procedures	Pennsylvania Department of Health (Secretary Rachel Levine, M.D.), under the Governor's Proclamation of Disaster Emergency	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-11-021	Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020)COVID-19 Life Sustaining Business list (Mar. 19, 2020 version)	Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020)	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closure	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-092	School District of Philadelphia 2021-22 health and safety plan: universal masking of students and staff regardless of vaccination status for the school year opening Aug. 31, 2021School District of Philadelphia universal masking, 2021-22 school year	School District of Philadelphia (Superintendent William R. Hite Jr.), implementing the Mayor's and Health Commissioner's orders requiring masks indoors at schools (Exs. MET-PHL-018, 019)	City of Philadelphia / School District of PhiladelphiaCity	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-053	Guidance for Vehicle Transactions During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency to Ensure the Safety and Health of Employees and the PublicGuidance for Vehicle Transactions During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency	Governor's Office and Department of State (guidance implementing the Apr. 20, 2020 amendment to the closure orders)	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-018	Full Reopening OrderEmergency Order Establishing Safety Measures for Full Reopening to Prevent the Spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Mayor James F. Kenney and Acting Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health July 15, 2021 as the Second Consolidated and Restated Supplemental Emergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 (effective July 16, 2021)	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	June 15, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-023	Construction Authorization (Apr. 29, 2020 Construction Order)Authorization for the Conduct of Certain Construction Activity Currently Prohibited by the March 22, 2020 Emergency Order Temporarily…	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted as a Board of Health regulation Apr. 29, 2020 (effective Apr. 30, 2020)	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-14-020	Guidance for Businesses in the Real Estate Industry Permitted to Operate During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency to Ensure the Safety and Health of Employees and the PublicReal Estate Industry Guidance	Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor and Department of State)	PennsylvaniaState	May 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-003	Emergency Order No. 2 (Business Activity and Stay at Home Order)Emergency Order Temporarily Prohibiting Operation of Non-Essential Businesses and Congregation of Persons to Prevent the Spread of 2019…	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health as an emergency regulation Mar. 26, 2020 (effective Mar. 27, 2020)	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read

Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam, Order Amending the November 23, 2020 Order Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community Transmission to Attest to Health and Safety Protocols (expiry May 31, 2021) (May 13, 2021) (Ex. PA-037)
Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health, Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers Support of COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics at Institutions of Higher Education and School Entities (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-007)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Order of the Secretary Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community Transmission to Attest to Health and Safety Protocols (Nov. 23, 2020) (Ex. PA-071)
Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health, Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Authorizing COVID-19 Diagnostic Rapid Antigen Testing in K-12 Schools (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-015)
Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020, Board of Health order requiring all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County to provide virtual-only instruction and suspending extracurricular activities and sports (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-088)
Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega), Preliminary 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 reopens (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070)
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)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Updated Order of the Secretary of Health Requiring Universal Face Coverings (Nov. 17, 2020), sec. 4(A) (Business and School Entity Obligations) (Ex. PA-020)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Order of the Secretary of Health Directing Mitigation Measures (Targeted Mitigation Order) (July 15, 2020), sec. 4 (Teleworking) and sec. 2 (restaurant guidance incorporated) (Ex. PA-016)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Limited-Time Targeted Mitigation (Dec. 10, 2020) (Ex. PA-028)
Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam, Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School Entities (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. PA-042)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. PA-003)
Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL, Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positions (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065)
Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School Entities (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-087)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community Transmission to Attest to Health and Safety Protocols (Nov. 23, 2020) (Ex. PA-073)
Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School Entities (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-028)
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health, Orders of Mar. 19, 2020 closing businesses that are not life-sustaining, with the Industry Operation Guidance list ('Home Health Care Services - Yes - Elective procedures prohibited'; hospitals - Yes - elective procedures prohibited); DOH Guidance on Ambulatory Surgical Facilities' Responses to COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-140)
Pennsylvania Department of Health (Secretary Rachel Levine, M.D.), under the Governor's Proclamation of Disaster Emergency, REVISED Guidance on COVID-19 for Dental Health Care Personnel in Pennsylvania (Mar. 22, 2020; archived Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-03-058)
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020), Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-11-021)
School District of Philadelphia (Superintendent William R. Hite Jr.), implementing the Mayor's and Health Commissioner's orders requiring masks indoors at schools (Exs. MET-PHL-018, 019), School District of Philadelphia 2021-22 health and safety plan: universal masking of students and staff regardless of vaccination status for the school year opening Aug. 31, 2021 (July 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-092)
Governor's Office and Department of State (guidance implementing the Apr. 20, 2020 amendment to the closure orders), Guidance for Vehicle Transactions During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency to Ensure the Safety and Health of Employees and the Public (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. PA-053)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Acting Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health July 15, 2021 as the Second Consolidated and Restated Supplemental Emergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 (effective July 16, 2021), Full Reopening Order (June 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-018)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted as a Board of Health regulation Apr. 29, 2020 (effective Apr. 30, 2020), Construction Authorization (Apr. 29, 2020 Construction Order) (Ex. MET-PHL-023)
Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor and Department of State), Guidance for Businesses in the Real Estate Industry Permitted to Operate During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency to Ensure the Safety and Health of Employees and the Public (May 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-020)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health as an emergency regulation Mar. 26, 2020 (effective Mar. 27, 2020), Emergency Order No. 2 (Business Activity and Stay at Home Order) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-003)

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