Three
BTS
members
—
Suga,
RM
and
Jin
—
have
tested
positive
for
COVID-19.
The
superstar
group
had
recently
returned
to
South
Korea
from
the
United
States
where
they
held
their
first
in-person
concerts
since
the
pandemic.
Three
members
of
the
South
Korean
K-pop
sensation
BTS
have
been
diagnosed
with
coronavirus
after
returning
from
abroad.
Rapper
RM
and
vocalist
Jin
tested
positive
for
the
virus
on
Saturday
evening,
the
group's
management
agency
Big
Hit
Music
said.
Earlier,
the
agency
announced
that
another
member,
Suga,
received
positive
COVID-19
test
results
on
Friday
while
self-quarantining
but
was
asymptomatic
and
"administering
self-care
at
home."
The
seven-member
superstar
boy
band
recently
returned
from
the
United
States,
where
they
held
their
first
in-person
concerts
since
the
start
of
the
pandemic.
The
concerts
were
held
in
Los
Angeles
from
late
November
to
the
beginning
of
December.
The
band
members
had
been
on
vacation
since
the
end
of
their
concert
series.
Each
of
the
three
infected
artists
returned
to
South
Korea
on
different
dates,
and
the
three
members
are
fully
vaccinated.
How
are
the
band
members
feeling?
While
RM
appears
to
be
asymptomatic,
Jin
has
reported
mild
symptoms
with
light
fever
and
is
undergoing
self-treatment
at
home,
the
agency
said
in
its
statement.
On
Friday,
Big
Hit
Music
had
said
that
Suga
was
not
showing
any
symptoms.
RM
had
tested
negative
after
returning
from
the
US
but
was
diagnosed
with
COVID-19
ahead
of
his
release
from
self-quarantine,
the
agency
said.
Jin
took
two
COVID-19
tests
upon
his
arrival
and
before
his
release
from
self-isolation,
testing
negative
both
times.
However,
he
exhibited
flu-like
symptoms
on
Saturday
afternoon
and
took
another
test
that
returned
positive.
The
US
and
South
Korea
are
witnessing
surging
COVID-19
cases
as
the
omicron
variant
of
the
virus
spreads
worldwide.
Big
Hit
Music
said
it
places
the
"highest
priority
on
the
health
and
safety
of
our
artists."
BTS
gained
global
fandom
with
their
super-hit
single
"Dynamite" that
was
placed
number
one
on
the
Billboard
Hot
100
last
year.
In
October,
their
collaboration
with
British
rock
band
Coldplay,
"My
Universe,''
reached
No.
1
on
the
Billboard
Hot
100,
making
it
BTS'
sixth
Hot
100
No.
1.