SEOUL – Ok-pop boy band BTS’ V is the fifth member of the group to check optimistic for Covid-19.
He was examined on Tuesday (Feb 15) after having a gentle sore throat, based on a press release from their administration company Huge Hit Music.
The 26-year-old had obtained two doses of the vaccine and didn’t have any severe signs, the assertion mentioned, including that he was resting at residence.
He had met the opposite six members of the band final Saturday however they’d stored their masks on. The remainder have since examined damaging.
In December final yr, Suga, 28, RM, 27, and Jin, 29, examined optimistic, adopted by Jimin, 26, the next month. The 4 have since recovered.
J-Hope, 27, and Jungkook, 24, are the one two members who haven’t been contaminated.
Hours after V’s information broke, the band introduced that they are going to be holding three concert events in March in Seoul, their first within the nation in additional than two years.
The BTS Permission To Dance On Stage – Seoul reveals will probably be streamed on-line and broadcast in cinemas internationally for reside viewing occasions.
Extra Ok-pop stars have examined optimistic in latest days, as South Korea experiences a surge in Covid-19 circumstances.
Eight out of 9 members of boy band Cravity have examined optimistic because the weekend, with solely Woobin, 21, testing damaging.
5-member woman group Itzy are down three members – Lia, 21, Yeji, 21, and most just lately Chaeryeong, 20, who examined optimistic on Wednesday (Feb 16).
Singer-actor Lee Seung-gi, 35, additionally examined optimistic on Tuesday, however has reassured his followers that his signs have been delicate. He even posted a cute photograph of himself as a baby on Instagram Tales to thank well-wishers.