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STATEMENT, (DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY), submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval and City Manager Paula Boggs Muething, Pursuant to Article III of the Cincinnati Charter, Article XVIII of the Administrative Code of the City of Cincinnati, I hereby declare a public emergency based on the unprecedented rise in new cases of COVID-19 among City employees in the past two weeks. The extremely rapid increase in positive cases, if it continues unchecked, has the potential to interfere with the City's ability to fully staff a range of public services. It is imperative that the City act promptly to address this threat and that we continue taking meaningful steps to prevent the endangerment of persons and property within Cincinnati that could result from widespread staffing shortages. By this declaration, I call upon the City Manager to require face masks to be worn at all City facilities for the next 30 days to prevent and slow the spread of COVID among City staff responsible for providing public service...
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