The MLHD revealed on Wednesday that the current number of vaccines administered across the district is approximately 7500, a number those on the ground say has climbed since the recent outbreak.

Dr Ayman Shenouda runs the Glenrock Country Practice where the Federal Respiratory Clinic operates and he reported a notable increase in people being jabbed since the outbreak, and since hotspots were declared in the Riverina.

"In the last couple of weeks since what's happened in Victoria our rate of uptake is very high, we've finished some of our vaccines, the one that were going to expire in August," he said.

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The past few days have been particularly busy at the clinic, with numbers soaring above rates seen a few weeks back.

"We did 150 vaccines yesterday which is pretty good compared to doing 20 a few weeks ago," he said. "We're very pleased people are coming up and doing what they should do."

It comes after alerts were issued for a number of sites along the Hume Highway from Goulburn to Melbourne after a traveller tested positive for COVID-19 following an interstate trip last week.

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The latest town listed in the Riverina was Gundagai where venues impacted were announced on Wednesday evening.

Dr Shendouda said he believes the proximity of the hotspots has pushed people to get vaccinated.

"People were thinking we would never get it in Wagga but we now know that a case visited Gundagai - it is on our doorstep," Dr Shenouda said.

Testing for the virus has also seen a rise. 3144 COVID tests were done in one week in the Murrumbidgee district as of Monday, and 418 were done in Wagga.

Dr Shenouda's clinic runs one hour of COVID testing every day and he said they have seen more people coming forward, but are still not testing at capacity.

"Even though we only test for the one hour, that is not fully booked we had four people in for a test yesterday," Dr Shenouda said.

The MLHD is urging all symptomatic people and anyone who has visited an exposure site or had contact with a case to come forward for testing.

"Anyone who has developed even mild symptoms of COVID-19 is asked to come forward for testing," said Emma Field, MLHD's COVID coordinator, in a statement to media.

"We can't emphasise enough how important it is for our community to be vigilant at this time."

A mobile testing clinic has been deployed to Gundagai today and their Respiratory Clinic is also conducting tests.

Dr Shenouda and the MLHD have urged eligible patients to register for their vaccinations, with the Pfizer vaccine available to people aged 40-49 and AstraZeneca available for over-50's.

Dr Shenouda said the vaccination program is the best best defence against the virus.

"The best thing to do is get ready for it, to organise an army to combat it and that army is the vaccine," he said.

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