A coronavirus case has been detected in the Wellington Shire, east of Melbourne, after a local resident returned from a sporting event in the Victorian capital.
No public exposure sites have been listed as the infected person — reportedly from a rural part of the shire — was in isolation during their entire infectious period.
It is the first case in the Wellington Shire since September 2020.
Gippsland Public Health Unit operations manager Annalies Titulaire said the resident contracted the virus from "one of the large football stadiums".
"Which is a really good thing in terms of that the person was already a primary close contact, which means they were in quarantine throughout their entire infectious period."
The MCG was listed as an exposure site after a positive case attended Carlton's match against Geelong on Saturday, July 10.
AAMI Park is an exposure site after someone with the virus attended the Australia v France rugby match on July 13.
Testing expanded in shire
Although authorities have confirmed the latest case does not pose a risk to the community, testing will be expanded at the Wellington Respiratory Clinic in Sale and pop-up testing sites are being set up at the Sale Baptist Church.
Drive-through testing will also be available at the Yarram and District Health Service in Yarram.
'They did the right thing'
Member for Gippsland South Danny O'Brien said the case was from a rural area in Wellington Shire.
"I spoke to public health officials last night who tell me that the person did exactly the right thing," he said.
Mr O'Brien said the person was notified that they had been to a tier one site, they immediately had a test and isolated themselves. The first test was negative, but after developing symptoms, they were retested and found to be positive to COVID-19.
However, they had remained isolated for the entire infectious period.
"That's why they were not infectious in the community," Mr O'Brien said.
