NSW has changed the cut-off date for five-day for when travelers entering from Victoria would face a five-day lockdown.

The previously announced date of January 29 has been changed to February 12 from 11:59pm.

NSW Health has confirmed that Wagga residents will be not included in a 'border bubble' region that would exempt them from lockdowns if they entered regional Victoria without travelling to Greater Melbourne.

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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said she will not close the NSW-Victorian border after an outbreak of a highly infectious coronavirus strain in Melbourne, but cross-border travellers will face new restrictions.

NSW will require any person who has entered from Victoria after 11.59pm yesterday to stay at home in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. Under a new public health order, NSW Health has allowed exemptions for border community residents, but at the time of publication it had not clarified whether Wagga City Council would be included.

People entering the state from Greater Melbourne will not be able to leave home for five days unless for essential shopping, medical appointments and other care and caregiving, exercise, and essential work.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said yesterday that Victoria would re-enter stage four restrictions from Friday night as a "circuit breaker" to stop the spread of a highly infectious UK coronavirus strain. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard responded by ordering any outside the border bubble who has been in Victoria after midnight yesterday to stay at home and abide by the terms of the lockdown.

The order will not apply to residents in councils along the border.

"For NSW residents living along the Victorian border, the five-day stay-at-home requirement will only apply to people who have visited Greater Melbourne after 11.59pm on February 12," a NSW Health statement said.

"It will not apply to NSW border residents who travel into regional Victoria.

"NSW strongly advises against all non-essential travel to Victoria at this time. People who do choose to travel will be required to follow the stay-at-home requirement on their return."

People arriving in NSW from Victoria by air, rail or road, with the exception of people living in the border area, will also be required to complete an online declaration form.

NSW Health has not clarified whether Wagga or Snowy Valleys will be included in the border bubble.

Murrumbidgee Local Health District public health director Tracey Oakman said passengers disembarking from Melbourne at Wagga Wagga airport will be required to follow the 'stay at home' directive issued by NSW Health Minister Brad Hazard.

"Murrumbidgee Local Health District is coordinating screening for passengers arriving from Victoria at Albury, Griffith, Wagga airports and the Albury train station," she said.

Wagga mayor Greg Conkey said the city needed to "be super cautious".

"The last thing we want is for COVID-19 to spread to Wagga and I know it's probably an extreme measure but at the same time we need to be very cautious about this situation," he said.

"I know it is going to impact a number of people but I urge everybody to abide by the rules."

Mr Hazzard was expected to sign the order and publish its full terms on Friday night.

Victoria's lockdown also included requirements that people limit their exercise and shopping to within five kilometres of their home, that face masks will need to be worn indoors and outdoors and a ban on having visitors at home.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Friday evening that "the border between NSW and Victoria will remain open" and "NSW Health continues to monitor the situation closely".

ACM media sales consultant Natasha Cutting moved to Wagga from Melbourne late last month and was worried that she would have to go into lockdown under the terms originally announced yesterday afternoon, which were later updated.

"I'm perplexed that the Victorian lockdown is going to apply to me even though I now live in NSW," she said.

"I left Melbourne to get away from all this as I went through months of lockdown. I'm quite stunned."

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The NSW Health Minister has yet to clarify whether Wagga residents will be forced into a five-day lockdown if they have travelled to Victoria on or after January 29.

Albury MP Justin Clancy has said that "border community residents will be exempt" from the yet-to-be-written emergency health order, which is expected to be released on Friday night.

Wagga MP Joe McGirr said he was "seeking clarification" as to whether there would be a 'border bubble' exemption for residents in local government areas near Victoria, as was granted under previous COVID-19 restrictions.

Murrumbidgee Local Health District has said it will inform Victorian arrivals at Wagga's airport and train station that they will be subject to a stay at home order.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard is expected to issue another statement on Friday night, following a NSW Health statement on Friday afternoon announcing he would hand down the order.

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NSW Health will likely require any person who has entered the state from Victoria to abide by the terms of a five-day lockdown in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne.

People who have been to Victoria since January 29 will be required to stay at home and not leave unless to shop for essential items, attend medical appointments and other care and caregiving, exercise, and essential work.

As of Friday afternoon, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard had yet to gazette an emergency health order that would make the lockdown legally enforceable to Victorian arrivals.

The Daily Advertiser understands that the order will likely not grant any exemptions for the 'border bubble' of Local Government Areas such as Wagga City Council.

However, the legally enforceable measures will depend on the final wording of a health order that has yet to be completed and published.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Friday afternoon that Victorian would re-enter stage four restrictions from Friday night as a "circuit breaker" to stop the spread of a highly-infectious UK coronavirus strain.

Mr Hazzard responded by announcing he will order any person who has been in Victoria on or after January 29 to stay at home and abide by the terms of the Victorian lockdown.

"The Victorian restrictions become effective at midnight [Friday], and under current arrangements will expire at 11.59pm on February 17," a NSW Health statement said.

"The NSW Order will ensure that the same requirements will apply even if people have left Victoria before it comes into effect.

"People now in NSW who have been in Victoria on or since 29 January will be permitted to leave their places of residence for the same four reasons allowed under the Victorian restrictions. These are: shopping for essential items, medical and other care and caregiving, exercise, and essential work."

ACM media sales consultant Natasha Cutting moved to Wagga from Melbourne late last month.

"I'm perplexed that the Victorian lockdown is going to apply to me even though I now live in NSW," she said.

"I left Melbourne to get away from all this as I went through months of lockdown. I'm quite stunned."

ACM is the company that publishes The Daily Advertiser.

People arriving in NSW from Greater Melbourne by road, air or rail will also be required to complete a declaration form.

Murrumbidgee Local Health District public health director Tracey Oakman said passengers disembarking from Melbourne at Wagga Wagga airport will be required to follow the 'stay at home' directive issued by NSW Health Minister Brad Hazard.

"Murrumbidgee Local Health District is coordinating screening for passengers arriving from Victoria at Albury, Griffith, Wagga airports and the Albury train station," she said.

Wagga Mayor Greg Conkey said the city needed to "be super cautious".

"The last thing we want is for COVID-19 to spread to Wagga and I know it's probably an extreme measure but at the same time we need to be very cautious about this situation," he said.

"I know it is going to impact a number of people but I urge everybody to abide by the rules."

Mr Hazzard was expected to sign the order and publish its full terms on Friday night.

Victoria's lockdown also included requirements that people limit their exercise and shopping to within five kilometres of their home, that face masks will need to be worn indoors and outdoors and a ban on having visitors at home.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Friday evening that "the border between NSW and Victoria will remain open" and "NSW Health continues to monitor the situation closely".