Jeonghan, member of K-pop boy band Seventeen, has tested positive for Covid-19, his agency announced.
“We would like to provide you with some information on Seventeen member Jeonghan being diagnosed with Covid-19 as well as adjustments in his activities,” said Pledis Entertainment on April 13.
It said that “Jeonghan was tested positive on a self-test he took on the evening of Wednesday, April 13. He promptly took a rapid antigen test and was confirmed with Covid-19. Jeonghan is currently experiencing a sore throat and a mild cough and is administering self-treatment at home."
According to Pledis, “Jeonghan briefly came in contact with Mingyu and Vernon on Wednesday, April 13, but they all were wearing masks and did not have close contact with one another. Also all Seventeen members other than Jeonghan, Mingyu and Vernon are not exhibiting any symptoms.”
“Therefore, it would be difficult for Jeonghan to take part in Seventeen’s activities for a while. We will provide you with updates on his activity resumption,” it said.
Jeonghan tested positive two days before the release of Seventeen’s first English digital single “Darl+ing” on April 15.
He is the 10th member of Seventeen to be diagnosed with Covid-19 since February. From Feb. 12 to March 8, nine members of Seventeen tested positive for Covid-19. They were Wonwoo, Vernon, Hoshi, S.Coups, DK, Seungkwan, The 8, Joshua and Jun who all fully recovered.
South Korea is still experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases due to the highly contagious Omicron variant.
On April 13, Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that there are 195,419 new Covid-19 cases to bring the country’s total confirmed cases to 15.83 million.