Reluctance from the Mt Roskill church members to get tested for Covid-19 is raising concerns

Health Minister Chris Hipkins yesterday claimed it was down to some of them not accepting the science of the virus.

Six new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed yesterday, all linked to Mt Roskill's Evangelical Fellowship church mini-cluster.

In turn, four of those stem from the a sub-group, associated with a bereavement.

But Dr Ashley Bloomfield says there's now a good amount of willingness within the community to get tested.