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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-013	PA DOC COVID-19 page (as archived Mar. 21, 2020), with the Mar. 13, 2020 release 'Department of Corrections Cancels Visits Statewide, Begins Enhanced Screenings of ALL Employees'All visitation suspended effective Mar. 13, 2020; enhanced screening of every person entering a facility; inmates with flu-like symptoms…	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Secretary John E. Wetzel)	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-002	Emergency Order No. 1 (Prohibition on Non-Essential Businesses)Emergency Order Temporarily Prohibiting Operation of Non-Essential Businesses to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-043	Township 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, 2020-2021	Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners)	Township of Haverford (Havertown), Delaware County, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-066	Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden CountyFreeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020)	Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.)	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-079	Proclamation of Local EmergencyCounty of Camden, State of New Jersey, Proclamation of Local Emergency	Louis Cappelli, Jr., Freeholder Director, and Samuel M. Spino, Emergency Management Coordinator, County of Camden	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationTelework mandateQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. PA-091	Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Authorizes Licensed Health Care Professionals to Provide Services via Telemedicine During Coronavirus EmergencyTelemedicine Summary (Mar. 18, 2020)	Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (suspension granted by Governor Wolf under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f))	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-076	PhilaPort COVID-19 Updates (page first published Mar. 25, 2020; updates through June 2, 2021)COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update: Updates on COVID-19 relating to the Port of Philadelphia	PhilaPort	PhilaPort (Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)State	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. PA-002	Order of the Governor Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining (Mar. 19, 2020), sec. 1 and sec. 2Closure of all businesses that are not life sustaining (Mar. 19, 2020; list amended Mar. 20, 24, Apr. 20, May 19, 2020)	Governor Tom Wolf; Secretary of Health Rachel Levine	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureTelework mandate	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. 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. PA-092	Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Waives Some Nurse Licensing Requirements During Coronavirus Emergency (nursing omnibus requirement waiver)Nursing Omnibus Requirement Waiver (Mar. 20, 2020)	Department of State, BPOA / State Board of Nursing (suspension granted by Governor Wolf)	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	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. 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
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-070	Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and EquipmentOrder Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (EEI survey in KC-HIMS three times a day)	Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-139	Order 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 amendment	Secretary / Acting Secretary of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-068	Extension of the state of emergency (county offices closed indefinitely)Freeholder Board Extends State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 28, 2020)	Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Jonathan Young)	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-018	Amended Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Ambulatory Surgical Facilities to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and EquipmentAmended Order Requiring Ambulatory Surgical Facilities to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (facilities…	Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-004	Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care FacilitiesEmergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care Facilities and Activities of Residents to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel…	Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner; adopted by Board of Health regulation Apr. 23, 2020 (effective Apr. 23, 2020)	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Stay-at-homeHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. PA-052	Order of the Governor to Ensure the Efficient Allocation and Effective Use of Critical Medical ResourcesOrder of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Ensure the Efficient Allocation and Effective Use of Critical Medical Resources	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-04-047	Order of the Health Commissioner regarding Long-Term Care FacilitiesOrder Regarding Long-Term Care Facilities (COVID-19)	Health Commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Public Health	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-040	Lifeline Service Schedule (release of Apr. 7, 2020)SEPTA Moves to Reduced 'Lifeline Service Schedule' Effective Thursday, April 9 - Operations Focused on Essential Travel; For Health and…	SEPTA (General Manager Leslie S. Richards)	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) (Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties)Sector regulator	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-091	MTA press release, Nov. 17, 2020: regional 'Mask Force' with PANYNJ, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA; masks required by law on New York public transportation under EO 202.18 effective Apr. 17, 2020; $50 fine from Sept. 14, 2020; masks required at all Port Authority facilities; NJ TRANSIT face-covering requirement on vehicles, stations and platforms; SEPTA mask requirement (over 90 percent compliance); MTA voluntary employee screening programMTA Brings Port Authority, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA on Board with Regional Mask Force	Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Chairman Patrick J. Foye, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA	New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (MTA, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak, SEPTA)State	Nov. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-008	Agency FAQ (published PDF)Frequently Asked Questions: Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Public Health Safety Measures for…	Pennsylvania Department of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. PA-008	Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Public Health Safety Measures for Businesses Permitted to Maintain In-person Operations (Worker Safety Order)Worker Safety Order (Apr. 15, 2020; enforceable 8:00 p.m. Apr. 19, 2020)	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-015	COVID-19 Guidance: Cloth and Homemade MasksCloth and Homemade Masks (Mask Guidance, April 20, 2020)	Allegheny County Health Department	Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeFace-covering requirement	Primary source read

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Secretary John E. Wetzel), PA DOC COVID-19 page (as archived Mar. 21, 2020), with the Mar. 13, 2020 release 'Department of Corrections Cancels Visits Statewide, Begins Enhanced Screenings of ALL Employees' (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-013)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Emergency Order No. 1 (Prohibition on Non-Essential Businesses) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-002)
Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners), Township 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) (Ex. MET-PHL-043)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.), Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-066)
Louis Cappelli, Jr., Freeholder Director, and Samuel M. Spino, Emergency Management Coordinator, County of Camden, Proclamation of Local Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-079)
Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (suspension granted by Governor Wolf under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f)), Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Authorizes Licensed Health Care Professionals to Provide Services via Telemedicine During Coronavirus Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. PA-091)
PhilaPort, PhilaPort COVID-19 Updates (page first published Mar. 25, 2020; updates through June 2, 2021) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-076)
Governor Tom Wolf; Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, Order of the Governor Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining (Mar. 19, 2020), sec. 1 and sec. 2 (Ex. PA-002)
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)
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)
Department of State, BPOA / State Board of Nursing (suspension granted by Governor Wolf), Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Waives Some Nurse Licensing Requirements During Coronavirus Emergency (nursing omnibus requirement waiver) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. PA-092)
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)
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)
Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-070)
Secretary / Acting Secretary of Health, Order 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) (Ex. SEC-01-139)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Jonathan Young), Extension of the state of emergency (county offices closed indefinitely) (Mar. 28, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-068)
Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Amended Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Ambulatory Surgical Facilities to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-018)
Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner; adopted by Board of Health regulation Apr. 23, 2020 (effective Apr. 23, 2020), Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care Facilities (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-004)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor to Ensure the Efficient Allocation and Effective Use of Critical Medical Resources (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. PA-052)
Health Commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Order of the Health Commissioner regarding Long-Term Care Facilities (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-047)
SEPTA (General Manager Leslie S. Richards), Lifeline Service Schedule (release of Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-040)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Chairman Patrick J. Foye, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA, MTA press release, Nov. 17, 2020: regional 'Mask Force' with PANYNJ, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA; masks required by law on New York public transportation under EO 202.18 effective Apr. 17, 2020; $50 fine from Sept. 14, 2020; masks required at all Port Authority facilities; NJ TRANSIT face-covering requirement on vehicles, stations and platforms; SEPTA mask requirement (over 90 percent compliance); MTA voluntary employee screening program (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-091)
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Agency FAQ (published PDF) (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-PA-008)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Public Health Safety Measures for Businesses Permitted to Maintain In-person Operations (Worker Safety Order) (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. PA-008)
Allegheny County Health Department, COVID-19 Guidance: Cloth and Homemade Masks (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-015)

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