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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-DE-007	16 DE Admin. Code 4202, Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions (current codification, with amendment history)16 DE Admin. Code 4202: Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions	Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health (regulation)	DelawareState	Feb. 1, 2006	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutySchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-019	Final Order, 23 DE Reg. 665 (Feb. 1, 2020), adopting the amended 16 DE Admin. Code 4202, Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions, with the full regulation text as adoptedDelaware Register of Regulations, 23 DE Reg. 665 (Feb. 1, 2020): Final Order, 4202 Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions	Secretary of Health and Social Services (Kara Odom Walker, M.D.) and the Division of Public Health (final order adopting amended regulation)	DelawareState	Feb. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutySchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DE-065	Domestic and Foreign Insurers Bulletin No. 115, Coverage for COVID-19 (Coronavirus)Insurance Commissioner's Bulletin No. 115 (Mar. 9, 2020; updated Feb. 4, 2022): health insurers to plan proactively for COVID-19 testing and…	Trinidad Navarro, Insurance Commissioner, Delaware Department of Insurance	DelawareSector regulator	Mar. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. DE-002	First Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyFirst Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat (restaurants, taverns…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DE-070	Governor's release announcing the First Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyGovernor Carney Limits Restaurants to Take-Out and Delivery (restaurants, taverns and bars take-out and delivery only from 8:00 p.m. March…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-085	DelDOT operational changes, Mar. 17, 2020: Biden Welcome Center closed to the public from 6:00 p.m. Mar. 17, 2020 (fuel and convenience-store restrooms remain; Starbucks drive-through only); DMV Wednesday evening hours eliminated from Mar. 18, 2020 for two weeks; the same day, Delaware's toll plazas ceased cash collection (Ex. 088)DelDOT Operational Changes Update for March 17, 2020	Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT)	Delaware (Biden Welcome Center, I-95 Newark; four DMV locations)State	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DE-003	Second Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencySecond Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (take-out alcohol; closure of bowling alleys, movie theaters, fitness…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DE-071	Domestic and Foreign Insurers Bulletin No. 116, COVID-19Insurance Commissioner's Bulletin No. 116 (requests that all admitted and non-admitted carriers suspend cancellations and nonrenewals for…	Trinidad Navarro, Insurance Commissioner, Delaware Department of Insurance	DelawareSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. DE-004	Third Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyThird Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (closure of all Delaware beaches except for exercise and dog walking)	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-024	Administrative Order No. 3: Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations and the Temporary Suspension of Statutes of Limitations, Filing Deadlines and Notarization Requirements in All CourtsAll courthouses and administrative offices closed to the public from March 23 to April 15, 2020; essential matters only, remotely where…	Supreme Court of Delaware (Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr.)	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DE-007	Declaration of a Public Health Emergency for the State of DelawareDeclaration of a Public Health Emergency (Public Health Authority designated; medical-supply and bed-capacity assessments; Medicaid…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DE-008	Joint Order of the Department of Health and Social Services and the Delaware Emergency Management AgencyJoint Order authorizing out-of-state and lapsed-license health-care and mental-health providers to practice in Delaware	A.J. Schall, Director, Delaware Emergency Management Agency, and Karyl T. Rattay, M.D., Director, Division of Public Health, on behalf of DHSS	DelawareSector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-003	20 Del. C. §§ 3131-3147 (Public Health Emergencies: definitions; isolation and quarantine; vaccination and treatment; rules and regulations; liability)Delaware Code, Title 20, Chapter 31, Subchapter V: Public Health Emergencies	Delaware General Assembly (codified statute; enacted by 73 Del. Laws, c. 355 (2002))	DelawareState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DE-005	Fourth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyFourth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (designation of Essential and Non-Essential Businesses; closure of…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DE-006	Fifth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyFifth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (shelter in place; prohibited and permitted travel; Essential Activities…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. DE-011	Eighth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyEighth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Emergency Childcare Sites; closure of other child care; screening and…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-017	Amended Standing Order No. 4 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary MeasuresCivil jury trials suspended through May 29, 2020; non-essential civil and criminal matters postponed; essential matters by video and…	Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden)	Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DE-013	Tenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyTenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (expanded Non-Essential Business list; no curbside for non-essential…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-06-016	Tenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health ThreatTenth Modification (commercial lodging closed to leisure guests; short-term rentals; retail restrictions)	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-025	Release: Judicial Emergency and closure of all Delaware Court facilities to the public extended to May 14, 2020 (Administrative Order No. 4)Release announcing the first 30-day extension of the judicial emergency and of the closure of all court facilities to the public, to May 14…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DE-015	Eleventh Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 15, 2020), sec. BEleventh Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (testing providers bound to DPH guidance; long-term-care admission…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DE-016	Twelfth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyTwelfth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (activation of lapsed-license volunteer health workers under crisis…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Apr. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DE-019	Fifteenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyFifteenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (presidential primary rescheduled to July 7; school-board elections July…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	May 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-026	Release: Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr. extends Judicial Emergency to June 13, 2020 (Administrative Order No. 6)Release announcing the second 30-day extension; court facilities to remain closed to the public at least through June 13, 2020; Court…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	May 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DE-021	Seventeenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencySeventeenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (beaches, boardwalks and swimming facilities reopened May 22 with masks…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	May 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read

Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health (regulation), 16 DE Admin. Code 4202, Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions (current codification, with amendment history) (standing) (Ex. DUT-DE-007)
Secretary of Health and Social Services (Kara Odom Walker, M.D.) and the Division of Public Health (final order adopting amended regulation), Final Order, 23 DE Reg. 665 (Feb. 1, 2020), adopting the amended 16 DE Admin. Code 4202, Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions, with the full regulation text as adopted (standing) (Ex. DUT-DE-019)
Trinidad Navarro, Insurance Commissioner, Delaware Department of Insurance, Domestic and Foreign Insurers Bulletin No. 115, Coverage for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. DE-065)
Governor John C. Carney, First Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. DE-002)
Governor John C. Carney, Governor's release announcing the First Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. DE-070)
Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), DelDOT operational changes, Mar. 17, 2020: Biden Welcome Center closed to the public from 6:00 p.m. Mar. 17, 2020 (fuel and convenience-store restrooms remain; Starbucks drive-through only); DMV Wednesday evening hours eliminated from Mar. 18, 2020 for two weeks; the same day, Delaware's toll plazas ceased cash collection (Ex. 088) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-085)
Governor John C. Carney, Second Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. DE-003)
Trinidad Navarro, Insurance Commissioner, Delaware Department of Insurance, Domestic and Foreign Insurers Bulletin No. 116, COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. DE-071)
Governor John C. Carney, Third Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. DE-004)
Supreme Court of Delaware (Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr.), Administrative Order No. 3: Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations and the Temporary Suspension of Statutes of Limitations, Filing Deadlines and Notarization Requirements in All Courts (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-024)
Governor John C. Carney, Declaration of a Public Health Emergency for the State of Delaware (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. DE-007)
A.J. Schall, Director, Delaware Emergency Management Agency, and Karyl T. Rattay, M.D., Director, Division of Public Health, on behalf of DHSS, Joint Order of the Department of Health and Social Services and the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. DE-008)
Delaware General Assembly (codified statute; enacted by 73 Del. Laws, c. 355 (2002)), 20 Del. C. §§ 3131-3147 (Public Health Emergencies: definitions; isolation and quarantine; vaccination and treatment; rules and regulations; liability) (standing) (Ex. DUT-DE-003)
Governor John C. Carney, Fourth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. DE-005)
Governor John C. Carney, Fifth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. DE-006)
Governor John C. Carney, Eighth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. DE-011)
Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden), Amended Standing Order No. 4 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary Measures (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-017)
Governor John C. Carney, Tenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. DE-013)
Governor John C. Carney, Tenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. SEC-06-016)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Judicial Emergency and closure of all Delaware Court facilities to the public extended to May 14, 2020 (Administrative Order No. 4) (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-025)
Governor John C. Carney, Eleventh Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 15, 2020), sec. B (Ex. DE-015)
Governor John C. Carney, Twelfth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. DE-016)
Governor John C. Carney, Fifteenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (May 7, 2020) (Ex. DE-019)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr. extends Judicial Emergency to June 13, 2020 (Administrative Order No. 6) (May 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-026)
Governor John C. Carney, Seventeenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (May 14, 2020) (Ex. DE-021)

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