The Southern NSW Local Health District (SNSWLHD) has been notified of a positive COVID-19 case in the Goulburn area. The person works in the ACT and has a residential address in Goulburn. The case is linked to one of the ACT exposure sites.
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This comes as NSW records 633 new cases this morning with one positive case also recorded in the Southern Highlands.
Contract tracing has been completed by the public health team.
The Goulburn individual was not active in the community for any portion of the infectious period. A small number of close contacts have been identified and are in isolation, with follow up completed and testing underway.
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There are no public exposure sites related to this case. The health district works in close partnership with ACT Public Health to ensure fast and effective contact tracing and response is coordinated across the region.
The quick notification process across the two jurisdictions allowed a rapid response to be completed as soon as the positive test result was received.
Additional testing capacity has been set up in Goulburn from Wednesday afternoon at the Goulburn Hospital testing clinic.
The health district has urged anyone even with the mildest of symptoms to get tested.
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