| Ex. MET-SEA-021 | Metro announcement: fare collection discontinued and rear-door boarding required from Mar. 21, 2020; service reductions from Mar. 23, 2020King County Metro to discontinue fare collections, direct riders to board buses at rear doors, beginning March 21 | King County Metro (King County Executive Dow Constantine) | King County, Washington (King County Metro Transit; also reports Sound Transit and Seattle Streetcar)County | Mar. 20, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Travel and quarantineOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SEA-022 | Metro announcement: masks or face coverings required on transit from May 18, 2020New public health Directive requires masks or face coverings on transit | King County Metro, implementing the Local Health Officer's face-covering Directive of May 11, 2020 | King County, Washington (King County Metro Transit)County | May 11, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SEA-035 | Media release: face covering Directive goes into effect May 18, 2020Media Release: Face covering directive goes into effect today: prevent spreading COVID-19 when unable to maintain 6 feet of distance | Public Health - Seattle & King County (media release describing the Local Health Officer's Directive) | King County, WashingtonCounty | May 18, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Face-covering requirement | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SEA-047 | Local Health Officer Directive: Face Covering DirectiveLocal Health Officer Directive (Face Covering Directive) | Dr. Jeff Duchin, Local Health Officer, Public Health - Seattle & King County | King County, WashingtonCounty | May 11, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SEA-023 | Metro announcement: fare collection resumes Oct. 1, 2020; fare enforcement suspended through end of 2020Metro to resume fare collection Oct. 1 | King County Metro | King County, Washington (King County Metro Transit)County | Sept. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Travel and quarantineOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SEA-003 | Local Health Officer Indoor Masking DirectiveLocal Health Officer Indoor Masking Directive | Dr. Jeff Duchin, Local Health Officer, Public Health - Seattle & King County | King County, WashingtonCounty | May 20, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Face-covering requirement | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SEA-034 | Executive release: King County reaches 70 percent fully vaccinated (16 and older); indoor mask directive liftedKing County reaches 70 percent vaccination milestone (June 15, 2021) | King County Executive Dow Constantine; Public Health - Seattle & King County | King County, WashingtonCounty | June 15, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Face-covering requirement | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SEA-036 | Joint recommendation of the regional health officers: universal indoor masking regardless of vaccination statusRegion's top health officials issue unified advice: Everyone should mask up in indoor public spaces | Local health officers of eight Puget Sound counties (joint statement published by Public Health - Seattle & King County); joined by all 35 local health jurisdictions Aug. 12, 2021 | King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson and San Juan Counties, WashingtonCounty | July 26, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirement | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SEA-018 | COVID-19 Mayoral Directive #9 (mandatory vaccination of all City employees; telework and facility protocols)COVID-19 Mayoral Directive #9 | Mayor Jenny A. Durkan | City of Seattle, WashingtonCity | Aug. 9, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Telework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SEA-002 | Local Health Officer Outdoor and Indoor Masking OrdersLocal Health Officer Outdoor and Indoor Masking Orders | Dr. Jeff Duchin, Local Health Officer, Public Health - Seattle & King County | King County, WashingtonCounty | Sept. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SEA-025 | Executive release announcing the outdoor mask order of Sept. 2, 2021King County outdoor mask order release (Sept. 2, 2021) | King County Executive Dow Constantine (release describing MET-SEA-002) | King County, WashingtonCounty | Sept. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementEvents and venues | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-SEA-038 | Public Health release announcing the outdoor mask order for events of 500 or moreMasks required at large outdoor gatherings in King County | Public Health - Seattle & King County | King County, WashingtonCounty | Sept. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues | Primary source read | |