MONSTA X's Shownu To Resume Activities After Testing Negative For COVID-19

MONSTA X’s Shonwu has tested negative for COVID-19.

On March 9, Starship Entertainment announced that Shownu would not be participating in MONSTA X’s Japanese single release event because he received inconclusive COVID-19 test results. They released the following statement:

Hello. This is Starship Entertainment.

We are releasing information regarding MONSTA X’s Shownu.

On March 8, Shownu, along with staff, received preemptive testing for COVID-19 prior to a scheduled individual event due to a request from the team connected to the event, and he tested inconclusive today (March 9) in the afternoon. He immediately went through reexamination, and he plans on staying in self-quarantine until the test results are confirmed.

Inevitably, Shownu will not be participating in today’s Japanese single release online event. We apologize for causing concern to all the fans who have waited long for the Japanese release promotions, and we ask for your generous understanding.

The company will continue to follow social distancing guidelines set by health authorities, and we will do our best for the health and safety of our artists.

Thank you.

Starship Entertainment then announced on March 10 that Shownu had tested negative for COVID-19 and that he will be resuming his scheduled activities. Their statement is as follows:

Hello, this is Starship Entertainment. This is a statement regarding MONSTA X’s Shownu’s COVID-19 test results.

On March 8, Shownu received a preemptive test for COVID-19 prior to his individually scheduled activity due to a request from the team linked to the scheduled event.

He received an inconclusive test result on March 9, so after a reexamination, he received a final negative test result today.

Following this, he received confirmation that he can carry out all of his scheduled activities normally starting today (March 10), so we plan on carrying out scheduled activities in the future.

The company will continue to follow social distancing guidelines set by health authorities, and we will do our best for the health and safety of our artists.

We ask for your understanding for causing concern to many fans, and we deliver our gratitude to fans for always loving MONSTA X.

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