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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />TEXAS, EXTENDING THE MAYOR'S DECLARATION OF LOCAL <br />DISASTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND ORDER DATED <br />MARCH, 19, 2020, AS EXTENDED AND AMENDED IN RESOLUTION <br />NO. 2020-011, AND ALL SUPPLEMENTAL ORDERS THERETO, FOR <br />AN ADDITIONAL THIRTY (30) DAYS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS <br />AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, beginning in December, 2019, a novel coronavirus, now <br />designated SARS-CoV2 which causes the disease COVID-19, has spread <br />through the world and has now been declared a global pandemic by the World <br />Health Organization; and <br />WHEREAS, on March 5, 2020, the World Health Organization Director <br />General urged aggressive preparedness and activation of emergency plans to <br />aggressively change the trajectory of this epidemic; and <br />WHEREAS, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is closely <br />monitoring the growing number of COVID-19 cases that have spread into the <br />United States; and <br />WHEREAS, _ cases of COVID-19 and deaths from COVID-19 <br />have been reported in the United States according to the CDC as of April 13, <br />2020;and <br />WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, Texas Governor Greg Abbott reported a <br />total of 39 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the State of Texas and as of March <br />18, 2020 the total confirmed cases in the State of Texas is 83; and <br />WHEREAS, by April 13, 2020, the number of reported cases in the State <br />of Texas had risen to <br />WHEREAS, the first confirmed case in Lamar County, Texas was <br />announced on March 19, 2020 and as of Monday, April 13, 2020, that number <br />had risen to ; and <br />WHEREAS, the COVID-19 virus spreads between people who are in <br />close contact with one another through respiratory droplets produced when an <br />infected person coughs or sneezes; and <br />WHEREAS, symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, coughing, and <br />shortness of breath. In some cases the virus has caused death, including <br />in the State of Texas as of April 13, 2020; and <br />