Covid-19: Flights carrying returning New Zealanders from Sydney called off

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Wellington - New Zealand has suspended quarantine-free travel with New South Wales.

By Reuters

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Published: Fri 9 Jul 2021, 8:02 AM

Flights carrying New Zealanders returning home from Australia’s New South Wales region that were scheduled to start on Saturday have been called off after the Covid-19 outbreak in Sydney worsened, a New Zealand minister said.

“Clearly there is an escalating risk in New South Wales,” New Zealand’s Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said at a news conference on Friday. New Zealand has suspended quarantine-free travel with New South Wales.


Australian authorities pleaded on Friday with Sydney residents to stay at home, warning a three-week lockdown may be extended as they struggle to control the Covid-19 outbreak, with the city reporting its the biggest rise in local cases for the year.


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