Australia’s COVID-19 human biosecurity emergency pandemic measures declaration will end when it lapses on April 17 and not be renewed, the country’s federal health minister announced on March 25. “I am taking this decision now so as to provide forward guidance based on the advice of Professor Paul Kelly, the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer,” federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said in a release. “The emergency period was a crucial early decision in Australia’s pandemic response. It has saved tens of thousands of lives as Australia avoided some of the worst outcomes from the early spread of the virus and now has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world.” Some of the federal pandemic measures that will end include pre-departure testing for international arrivals into Australia, by air or sea; restrictions on the entry of cruise vessels into and within Australian territory, which was already announced on March 15; and price …