BY IAN CROUCH
A second man has been fined over a COVID outbreak at the Argyle House Nightclub in Newcastle.
Officers from the Port Stephens Hunter District received information from NSW Health concerning a 20-year-old man who'd been directed to self-isolate at a Rutherford property from Wednesday the 8th of December as he was a close contact of a positive COVID case.
However he attended the Argyle that night and subsequently returned a positive COVID test - he's now self-isolating.
Police spoke with the man yesterday and issued a $5000 fine for failing to comply with a COVID-19 Direction Notice.
Another 20-year-old man who attended a boat party in Sydney was earlier fined $10,000 for ignoring a direction to self-isolate and attended the Argyle last Wednesday and a home at Adamstown on Saturday.
He's also self-isolating after contracting the virus.
The Argyle Nightclub outbreak has since been linked to hundreds of cases.
