Update: All Other Members Of THE BOYZ Test Negative For COVID-19 After Eric Tests Positive

Jan 24, 2022

Updated January 25 KST:

After THE BOYZ’s Eric tested positive for COVID-19, IST Entertainment shared that the other members have tested negative.

Here is the agency’s full statement:

Hello, this is IST Entertainment.

After hearing the news that THE BOYZ member Eric tested positive for COVID-19 on January 24, we stopped all the schedule for the day, and the other members as well as the staff underwent PCR testing. The results from this morning showed that all ten members and staff members, except for Eric, tested negative.

In the future, we will inform you of the changed schedule through the official website.

Once again, we apologize for causing concern, and we will make efforts for the health and safety of artists by taking necessary measures according to the health authorities, cooperating faithfully with them, and prioritizing the guidelines of self-quarantine and health authorities.

Thank you.

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Original Article:

THE BOYZ’s Eric has officially been diagnosed with COVID-19.

On January 24, THE BOYZ’s agency IST Entertainment released the following statement on the group’s official fan cafe:

Hello.

This is IST Entertainment.

We are informing you that the agency’s artist THE BOYZ’s Eric has tested positive for COVID-19.

On January 20, after THE BOYZ member Eric completed the third dose of his COVID-19 vaccine, he received contact that an acquaintance of the friend he had dinner with had tested positive for COVID-19, so he preemptively took a PCR test on the morning of January 21 and tested negative.

After testing negative on January 21, Eric did not have any particular symptoms, so he quarantined until January 21, and then he joined [THE BOYZ’s] scheduled activities after confirming he tested negative with a self-testing kit on January 22. Afterwards, since a group reality show filming was scheduled for January 24, Eric preemptively took a PCR test again on January 23, and he received a positive test result on the morning of January 24.

After hearing news of Eric’s positive COVID-19 test this morning, THE BOYZ and the staff all got tested for COVID-19.

Currently, we are waiting for the results of the tests.

Furthermore, we promptly delivered this news to the organizers of last weekend’s scheduled activity.

We will post another official announcement immediately once the test results are out.

THE BOYZ will adjust their official schedule, and we will inform you of changes to the schedule afterwards through the official home page.

We apologize for causing concern, and the company is currently taking the other necessary measures in accordance with the guidelines set by health authorities. We will do our best for the health and safety of our artists by following the health authorities’ self-quarantine and prevention guidelines as our top priority.

Thank you.