This is the message of Southern Highlands Division of General Practice Dr Vince Roche.

However, he said if you don't tick either of these boxes, but have been in the vicinity of a known case, then your best option is to lay low for the moment as a precaution.

"This virus doesn't spread itself, people spread it," he said.

"Don't become a spreader."

Dr Roche's comments follow news that Bowral Woolworths supermarket was closed for a deep clean on July 14 after it was realised that a staff member had tested positive for the virus.

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A Woolworths spokesperson said the team member last worked at Woolworths Bowral on Sunday, July 12 and did not present with any symptoms of illness at the time. The team member is now in self-isolation.

"We became aware of the case on July 14. We have placed a customer notification up in multiple parts of the store," the spokesperson said.

Dr Roche said that no cases of COVID-19 had been recorded in the Wingecarribee Shire up to 8pm on July 14.

He said the hospital was not aware of any positive tests, but added that cases were recorded according to the home address post code of each person tested.

There are currently four positives cases recorded in the Wollondilly Shire up to 8pm on July 14.

Dr Roche said that his advice to anyone who had visited the Bowral Woolworths store between July 12 and up until its closure for deep cleaning on the evening of July 14 should "stay at home as a precaution."

"If you have symptoms or been in close contact with the infected staff member then get tested, but otherwise stay at home, don't circulate," he said.

"If everyone heads to the testing clinics just because they live in the Wingecarribee or went shopping at Woolworths it will paralyse the testing process.

"I have heard there have been lines and waiting times of up to five hours at both the Bowral and the Mittagong testing sites."

Dr Roche said it could take several days for a person to show symptoms and a couple of days before a person was infectious.

"There is no treatment for this virus, but we can do our part by reducing the possibility of spread simply by staying out of circulation if we have been in an area where a positive case has been identified," he said.

"We are not in lockdown, but when we have had a possible contact we should behave like we are.

"That means we can't go shopping, dine out or visit friends until the dust has settled.

"It is most important that we don't contribute to the possible spread of the virus."

Dr Roche's warning to everyone in general is to continue to follow the rules.

"Just remember, a metre and a half from everyone else and plenty of hand hygiene," he said.

"And any symptoms - fever, dry cough, unexplained tiredness, aches and pains, diarrhoea, sore throat, conjunctivitis, gut symptoms, a loss of taste or smell - should result in a Covid-19 test at one of our two testing site at Bowral and Mittagong."

The Bowral Hospital Flu Assessment Clinin continues to operate seven days a week out of the hospital's outpatient department. It has recently extended its hours of operation from 8am to 6pm.

This is planned to continue for several more months. Call 4861 014.

The Commonwealth-funded General Practice Respiratory Clinic is located in the lower level of Mittagong HealthCare Centre, 58 Bowral Road, Mittagong.

It is open 9am to 5pm seven days a week.

Patients can make an appointment online via HotDoc and there will be no charge to the patient.

To set up an appointment, patients can also phone the clinic directly for triage, call HealthDirect or be referred by their GP.

A pop-up testing clinic will run from July 16 to 19 at Moss Vale Showground, 16 Illawarra Highway, Moss Vale from 10am to 4pm.

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