SEOUL – Members of Okay-pop boy bands iKon, Winner, WEi, The Boyz and Treasure examined constructive for the Omicron variant this week as South Korea data all-time excessive numbers of each day Covid-19 circumstances.
Half the members of iKon – chief Jinhwan, Yunhyeong and Donghyuk – skilled flu-like signs and examined constructive on Sunday (Jan 23). A fourth member, Ju-ne, examined constructive on Wednesday.
This got here after Tremendous Junior’s Eunhyuk examined constructive final week after filming selection present Working Man (2010 to current), which led to your complete solid and crew having to be examined as effectively.
On Monday, 11-member group The Boyz’s Eric examined constructive, with bandmate Younghoon following swimsuit two days later.
Quartet Winner was the following to be struck by Omicron, with Seunghoon testing constructive on Tuesday.
Additionally on Tuesday, three members of boy band WEi – Kim Dong-han, Yoo Yong-ha and Kang Seok-hwa – examined constructive for the virus.
The opposite half of the six-member band weren’t affected, although that they had been contaminated with the virus in 2021.
On Wednesday, Yoshi from 12-member band Treasure examined constructive, along with the only real feminine Okay-pop star up to now this week, Hyolyn from the disbanded woman group Sistar.