Tasmania’s Government Renews Public Health Emergency Declaration

People walk along Hobart Mall in Tasmania, Australia, on Oct. 16, 2021. Steve Bell/Getty Images

The Tasmanian government has extended the public health emergency period for another eight weeks but has said it may end the emergency declaration earlier if the number of COVID-19 cases in the Australian state drops.

Mark Veitch, the director of public health for Tasmania, announced on April 5 that the Public Health Emergency Declaration was renewed under the Public Health Act.