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Attachment B <br />File #:20-044-O,Version:1 <br />FaceCovering.TheCityAttorneyconfirmsthatthisisanemergencyordinancefiledundertheauthorityof <br />ChapterIIIoftheDuluthCityCharter.Itdoesnotrequiretworeadingsandshalltakeeffectimmediatelyupon <br />passage of the City Council. <br />FacecoveringsarerecommendedbytheUSCenterofDiseaseControlandPrevention(“CDC”)asasimple <br />barriertohelppreventrespiratorydropletsfromtravelingintotheairandontootherpeoplewhentheperson <br />wearingthefacecoveringcoughs,sneezes,talks,orraisestheirvoice.Thisiscalledsourcecontrol.The <br />CDC’srecommendationisbasedonwhatisknownabouttherolerespiratorydropletsplayinthespreadofthe <br />virusthatcausesCOVID-19,pairedwithemergingevidencefromclinicalandlaboratorystudiesthatshows <br />facecoveringsreducethesprayofdropletswhenwornoverthenoseandmouth.COVID-19spreadsmainly <br />amongpeoplewhoareinclosecontactwithoneanother(withinabout6feet),sotheuseoffacecoveringsis <br />particularlyimportantinsettingswherepeopleareclosetoeachotherorwheresocialdistancingisdifficultto <br />maintain. <br />City of DuluthPage 3 of 3Printed on 7/7/2020 <br />powered by Legistar™ <br /> <br />