Sunday's memorial service for the mosque attacks will still be going ahead despite some events being cancelled due to the Covid-19 coronavirus.
Tributes and flowers left outside Al-Noor Mosque in Christchurch after the terror attacks. Photo: RNZ / Isra'a Emhail
A multi-faith group from the United Arab Emirates had cancelled a symposium planned in Christchurch due to what it said was the international trend of minimising travel and gatherings.
A Shia Islamic centre in Auckland last week said it was closing its doors for two weeks after some of its members returned from Iran recently.
Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Ramon Pink said there were however no plans to cancel Sunday's service in Hagley park.
"We haven't confirmed any cases of Covid-19 here in Canterbury, and of the 49 tests that have been done in our Canterbury region, all we have identified are viruses that we would normally see."
Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Ramon Pink Photo: RNZ / Conan Young
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