'70s-style prom night party sparks Christmas COVID chaos in Newcastle
A night where revellers were urged to wear vintage formal wear at a Newcastle club has resulted in COVID chaos.Thousands of people are isolating in Newcastle after an explosion of cases following a prom night event at the Argyle House nightclub last Wednesday
Attendees of a University of Newcastle ball have also been deemed close contacts and are being urged to get tested and isolateAbout 700 people checked in to The Argyle House on Wednesday, December 8 for the prom-themed night.The Argyle House patrons partied into the early hours of Thursday morning. By Sunday they were deemed close contacts after health officials confirmed at least four infectious people linked to a Sydney boat cruise visited the nightclub.The exact number of Omicron cases is not known, but there is one confirmed case in the city — a returned traveller from the UK.The venue's prom night event was attended by people confirmed to have COVID-19.
The significance of the Argyle House cluster is not lost on health officials who have warned that it was "likely" a number of patrons have the Omicron strain. On top of the nightclub cluster, anyone who attended the University of Newcastle's Fifth Year Medical Ball on the evening of Friday, December 10, has been deemed a close contact.Anyone in their household must get tested and isolate until all residents receive a negative result.
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