Northern Territory (NT) Shadow Health Minister Bill Yan has spoken out against the Labor government’s extending of COVID-19 emergency powers, saying they lack accountability. This comes after Health Minister Natasha Fyles announced on Wednesday that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency would be extended for an extra 90 days despite case numbers and hospital admissions due to the virus continuing to decrease. 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 many people who are still unvaccinated. Fyles also announced that the NT Government would introduce a bill to amend the Public and Environmental Health Act 2011, allowing the CHO to gain transitional powers to manage the pandemic emergency for up to two years following the discontinuance of the emergency declaration. In a social media post on Thursday, Shadow …