Despite its declaration that the global emergency triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is over, the World Health Organisation has warned against dismantling pandemic response systems and to instead use the lessons learned to prevent another disaster in the future.
The WHO announcement came as reported cases across Australia rose 8.5 per cent last week. In the ACT, there were 826 new cases reported in the week ending May 5, with 38 people in hospital with symptoms linked to the virus, and three in intensive care.
