Covid update here and around the globe File photo. '); } else { // } On Friday the Government cancelled flights that were to bring New Zealanders stuck in New South Wales home, less than 12 hours before the flights were due to begin. People arriving from the state, where a Covid-19 outbreak continues to grow, will now have to stay in managed isolation for two weeks. Flights for Kiwis stranded in Queensland were still to start today. Sydneysiders face tough new Covid restrictions, after another 44 cases of the disease were confirmed in New South Wales on Friday. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the vaccination rate in NSW was too low for the state to consider trying to live with Covid.