The removalists visited the Jetis truck wreckers yard in Fallon Street, North Albury, between midday and 12.40pm last Saturday.

That was in the hour after they stopped at the Shell service station at Jindera around 11.15am to 11.45am.

Mystery surrounds why they made the trip to Jetis which is not usually open on Saturdays.

When The Border Mail contacted a representative of the company on Friday he was unwilling to answer questions.

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"I've got a business to run, I'm too busy," he said.

A sign attached to the front gate of the yard included a QR code but made no reference to the site being a COVID exposure location.

Murrumbidgee Local Health District reported that one COVID close contact from the industrial site had been identified and then underwent a test.

That came back negative on Friday evening.

The Victorian government on Friday tightened the criteria for freight movements from NSW in response to the Sydney removalists who bought a Delta COVID variant to Melbourne while working at an apartment complex.

It blocks removalists and delivery drivers who have been in a COVID red zone within the last 14 days.

It also prevents freight workers, who are unable to unload in a COVID safe manner, from entering Victoria, hence if they cannot avoid contact with others or avoid entering homes.

Freight drivers are also now required to test every three days for COVID and carry a letter from an employer to confirm their specified worker status.

Member for Benambra Bill Tilley believes furniture removalists should be treated differently to the wider long haul industry and believes the criteria is excessive.

"It's going to have a massive impact and I expect drivers are going to be pretty annoyed with it," he said.

"It's an overreach."

Mr Tilley questioned how testing sites would cater to big rigs needing more frequent testing.