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Super Junior’s Eunhyuk, Eric and Younghoon of The Boyz and 3 iKon members among wave of K-pop stars testing positive for Covid-19 amid surge in South Korea
- Eunhyuk tested positive after appearing on the popular show Running Man
- Four members of boy band iKon have also tested positive in the past week, as have three members of WEi and Yoshi of Treasure
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Several K-pop stars have tested positive this week for the Omicron Covid-19 variant amid South Korea’s recent wave of cases.
The country reported a record high of 8,571 daily cases on January 25. Around 85 per cent of South Koreans have reportedly received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, and nearly 50 per cent have received a third booster dose.
Super Junior’s Eunhyuk tested positive for the virus on January 20 after appearing on the popular variety show Running Man.
On January 23, three members of boy band iKon – Jinhwan, Yunhyeong and Donghyuk – tested positive after experiencing flu-like symptoms.
Since then, several other stars managed by YG Entertainment, which represents iKon, have tested positive for the coronavirus: Lee Seung-hoon of Winner on January 25, and iKon’s Junhoe and Yoshi of Treasure on January 26.
On January 24, The Boyz member Eric tested positive. Though none of the other 10 members of the band or their team tested positive initially, bandmate Younghoon was reported to have tested positive on January 26.
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