Emergency Declarations

2024

• October 16, 2024 – Declaration of Marburg Virus Disease as a Communicable Disease of Public Health Threat for Virginia”

2023

• May 9, 2023 – State Health Commissioner Recission of the Amended Declaration of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a Communicable Disease of Public Health Threat Constituting a Public Health Emergency for Virginia 

2022

• January 21, 2022 – ACTING STATE HEALTH COMMISSIONER ORDER RESCINDING ORDER OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY TEN (2021) IMPOSING STATEWIDE REQUIREMENT TO WEAR MASKS IN K-12 SCHOOLS

2021

• August 12, 2021 – Public Health Emergency Statewide Requirement to Wear Masks in K-12 Schools
• July 28, 2021 – Amended Declaration of COVID-19 as a Public Health Threat Constituting a Public Health Emergency
• July 1, 2021 – Public Health Order – K-12
• April 13, 2021 – Amended Order of Public Health Emergency Non-congregate Sheltering Weather Related Events and Evacuation Orders
• March 25, 2021 – Declaration of Public Health Emergency – Opioid

2020

• June 9, 2020 – Order of Public Health Emergency Non-congregate Sheltering – Weather Related Events and Evacuation Orders
• June 8, 2020 – Order of Public Health Emergency School Reopening Mitigation Plans
• May 18, 2020 – Public Health Emergency Non-congregate Sheltering
• April 9, 2020 – Emergency Order for Non-congregate Sheltering of First Responders
• March 30, 2020 – Public Health Emergency Non-congregate Sheltering of Homeless Population
• March 20, 2020 – Amended Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner Declaration of Public Health Emergency – COVID-19
• March 17, 2020 – Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner Declaration of Public Health Emergency – COVID-19 Restaurants, Fitness Centers, Theaters
• February 7, 2020 – Declaration of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection as a Communicable Disease of Public Health Threat for Virginia