Goulburn has registered a positive COVID case, according to the Health Ministry.
The Goulburn Post understands the case emanated from a hospital construction contractor from Sydney working on the $150 million redevelopment last week.
The man is now reportedly in isolation however The Post has been told that hundreds of people at the site and in the hospital have been advised to undergo testing.
Goulburn MP Wendy Tuckerman also confirmed the case.
"I am currently liaising with the local health district for additional pop-up testing clinics - more information to come," she posted on her Facebook page.
The Post has also asked NSW Health about its screening procedures for contractors from Sydney hotspots and what testing was now in place.
Goulburn Hospital COVID testing is available from Tuesday to Friday from 7am - 4pm (until all patients have been tested) and 9am - 1pm Saturday and Sunday.
Laverty drive through is also at Seiffert Oval available 8am - 5pm weekdays and 8am - 1.30pm Saturday and Sunday.
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BP Marulan Northbound is currently closed. A spokesperson at the store could not confirm whether it was related to the COVID positive case.
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One Nation's Hume Regional Committee chairman and Goulburn man Richard Orchard has questioned how a worker from a Sydney hotspot was allowed into Goulburn.
"People are running around like headless chooks getting tested now because a contractor was granted exemption to come and work on the hospital," he said.
"That person could have gone to any number of places in Goulburn itself."
Mr Orchard personally knew staff at the hospital who had been advised to undergo testing since the positive case, which reportedly occurred last Thursday.
He said the Health Ministry, of all authorities, had a responsibility to keep COVID out of the regions.
"This is a great breach of trust and the Premier should explain how anyone could be so stupid as to allow this to occur," he said.
"While the regions have fared okay to date, we now have to treat this as real because the Ministry of Health has compromised us."
A spokeswoman for Goulburn MP Wendy Tuckerman said she had spoken to the Premier this morning and "represented constituents' very real concerns" about Sydney workers coming into the region.
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