UPDATE: As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, two more members of global sensation BTS have contracted the virus. On Dec. 25, the band’s management company, Big Hit Music, confirmed both RM, 27, and Jin, 29, tested positive after returning to South Korea from the U.S. earlier this month. According to the company, RM and Jin received the second dose of their vaccine in August and both had initially tested negative when they arrived in South Korea.
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BTS‘ Suga has tested positive for COVID-19.
The group’s record label Big Hit Music shared the news in a message posted to the fan community platform Weverse on Friday, Dec. 24. The company said the 28-year-old artist took a PCR test upon returning to South Korea from the United States on Thursday, Dec. 23 and received the results while he was quarantining on Dec. 24. Big Hit Music noted Suga had no contact with his bandmates Jin, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook.
