The Northern Territory (NT) Labor Government is extending the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency for an extra 90 days until new legislation, expected to pass in May, provides transitional powers to the Chief Health Officer. This comes as NT COVID-19 case numbers continue to decrease, as do hospitalisations due to the virus. NT Chief Health Officer (CHO) Hugh Heggie told reporters on Wednesday that despite declining numbers, the emergency will remain in place because there will be a long tail to the pandemic, and there are a lot of people who are still unvaccinated. “So the 90 days still means that we’re going to try and get everybody who needs to be vaccinated, and that’s the people who are actually going to be affected,” he said. “Myself, I had my fourth dose of the COVID vaccine yesterday, and it’s likely in three months I’ll have a fifth dose because the vaccines, …