WAGGA Airport is still accepting flights from Melbourne, but passengers will be subjected to screening by health staff waiting for them upon arrival.
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It comes as part of a statewide public health order banning anyone from a Melbourne coronavirus 'hotspot' from travelling into the state.
There is currently one Regional Express flight from Melbourne each day, excluding weekends, that touches down in Wagga at 3.20pm.
Wagga resident Matisse Menegazzo was a passenger on the ZL3322 flight from Melbourne to Wagga on Friday afternoon.
Miss Menegazzo said that they checked her temperature before boarding the plane and the nine passengers on board were required to wear face masks for the entire flight.
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"It was pretty straightforward to get on the plane after getting our temperature checks," she said. "Getting off the plane was the same. There was a screening where you fill out a form saying where we came from and where we were going.
"They asked the general questions like if we had a fever, cough, phlegm and fatigue."
Murrumbidgee Local Health District's chief executive Jill Ludford said health staff will screen every passenger for symptoms of the COVID-19 virus, including a fever, sore throat, runny nose or a cough.
Ms Ludford said they will be looking at implementing testing at train stations as well. She said screening at all Riverina airports started on Thursday following the public health order, and symptoms have not been detected.
"If someone has the symptoms of coronavirus, to start off with we will test them and they must go into isolation for 14 days," she said.
"[Accommodation] is up to them, but we will ensure and oversee they are in that self-isolation."
Ms Ludford said people must remember that this public health order only prevents those from the hotspots from travelling into the state, and many Victorians were still allowed to "legally and rightfully" travel.
Riverina Police District Inspector Peter McLay said the police were working very closely with NSW Health to ensure people are travelling safely and within the ministerial directions.
"We do know that these people coming from Melbourne are also being screened at their departure destination, and we are monitoring these movements as best we can," he said.
A Wagga council spokesperson said the airport terminal building was still thoroughly cleaned twice every weekday, which includes the sterilisation of surfaces. There are no flights on weekends, therefore the airport is not cleaned on those days.