New Zealanders in India are devastated the government has taken the unprecedented step of suspending all travel from the Covid-19 hot spot, leaving them stranded.
From Sunday, no one can arrive here from India for 14 days - giving officials a chance to investigate ways to reduce the risk from a country where the disease is rampant.
Seventeen of the 23 Covid-19 cases reported in managed isolation yesterday arrived from India.
Political reporter Katie Scotcher reports.