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Resolution providing for further renewal by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh of a Declaration of Disaster Emergency, ratified by Council on March 17th, 2020; to extend the effectiveness of the Declaration for thirty-five (35) additional days thereby making the Declaration effective until August 3rd, 2021; in response to the ongoing public health emergency associated with the spread of coronavirus.
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WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh issued a Declaration of Emergency ("Declaration") in response to the existing public health emergency associated with the spread of a novel coronavirus (now known as COVID-19) on March 13th, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") have declared COVID-19 a "public health emergency of international concern" and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Secretary has declared the COVID-19 creates a public health emergency; and,
WHEREAS, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ("Commonwealth") has been working in collaboration with the CDC, HHS, and local health agencies since December 2019 to monitor and plan for the continued containment and subsequent mitigation of COVID-19; and,
WHEREAS, it is clear that while some state and federal restrictions continue to be rescinded, there are still massive health and safety concerns surrounding removing all protective measures the city has had in place over this pandemic; and,
WHEREAS, while the city has seen an increase in vaccination rates in adults, Allegheny County is underneath the state recommended benchmark of 70% of the adult population getting at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to certify the slow of the spread of possible COVID-19 infection; and,
WHEREAS, there are continued concerns on the swift emergence of COVID-19 variants that are more contagious than the original strand and could become the dominant strain in the United States for which our medical systems would b...
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