All residents at Hawthorn Village, Bright, have been restricted to their room after a resident tested positive for coronavirus.
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The resident is currently isolated in hospital in Melbourne after being transferred for an unrelated health matter.
Alpine Health confirmed on Monday that no other residents or staff currently had symptoms.
In a statement the organisation said all staff and residents identified as close contacts of the infected resident have been placed into quarantine with residents restricted to their rooms expect in exceptional circumstances.
The service is screening patients and staff daily for coronavirus symptoms.
All outings and activities have been cancelled and communal dining and group activities ceased.
Visitors to the facility are restricted, but are allowed in exceptional circumstances like end-of-life situations.
No essential appointments, transfer and movements have been cancelled.
In a statement Alpine Health said steps were being taken to limit the spread of the virus within the facility.
"Residential care facilities are particularly susceptible to COVID-19 outbreaks," it said.
"Even when facilities actively try to prevent outbreaks occurring, illness in the wider community may lead to residents or staff contracting COVID-19 and further transmission occurring."
