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SUPPLEMENTALMAYOR'S LOCAL DISASTER FOR. PUBLICHEALTH <br />E'MERGENCY ORDER NO. 2 <br />SUPPLEMENTAL ORD . ()FTHE AYOR OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />TEXAS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL L UBLL ALTI- <br />RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE COVID-19 111 UBLI LT <br />EMERGENCY 'TO WIT: USIE OF FACIAL COVERINGS AND POLICIES <br />FOR ESSENTIAL RETAIL SERVICES PROVIDERS TO MAINTAIN <br />SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES. <br />WHEREAS, beginning in December, 2019, a novel cor(,mavirus, inow <br />designated SARS-CoV2 which causes the disease COVID-1. m has spread <br />through time ma&ld and ha . -m now been declared loba l pandemic is y thie World <br />Health Organ�zation; and <br />WHEREAS, on, March wN 2020, die World If amlth Organization Director <br />General urged aggressivie preparedness mm activation, of emergenqy plans to <br />aggressiveiy change the trajectory ofth.. s epidemic; and <br />WHEREAS, the nter for Disease Cmmm°mtrol and Prevention is closely <br />monitoring time gr(.)w1ng number of COVIIID-19 casesthat have spread d into the <br />United States; and <br />WHEREAS,7,038 cases of COVID 19 and 97 deaths frOln COAIID-19 have <br />been reported in the :United States according to the CDC as of :00 P.M. on <br />March 1.8,2020; an <br />WHEREAS, on, Mairch 13, 2020, Texas Governor Greg Abbott reparted a, <br />total of 39 confirmed amass of VID-19 in the State lf "rexas and as of March. <br />1 ,, 2020 the total confirined cases in t.11e State of 'rexa, s is n <br />WHEREAS, by'rhursday, April 2, 2020, the nurnber- of reported casf.-�s in <br />the State f "l: exas had arum man to 4, 669; and <br />WHEREAS, the first orifim~mama ed case in Lamar County, "U'exaas was <br />announced on. Ma ircoli :19, 2020, and WIIEMEAS, there haive simmce been l`cmur <br />amdditi.m. nalmmum.'l.rmma.e' d cases ii:m°m the county; and <br />WHEREAS, the COVID-1virus spreads ds betw een l,)eople who are in <br />close contact with one another respiratory droplets produced. when an <br />lmml°ec.tea::l person coughs or smmm:a*zc.m»N and. droplets can also be generated by <br />talking llamm.m. lmiin , or exhaling, and <br />WHEREAS, time CID('. has stated that m:mc p$e are the most contagious <br />befom„�m:xi they start showing symptoms of COVlD.1.9, and individuals can I)e <br />infected with the virus am.mm.d be contagious even when they have mmcmt symmm tmmmmmmm; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, Dr. Torn Ingelsby, Director of Johns Hopkins Center fb. r <br />Health Security, has determined that face m:ove� m«Umm .s shmma..mldbe required because <br />