SEVENTEEN's management agency Pledis Entertainment confirmed on Friday that the group's rapper Vernon has contracted Covid-19.
The company extended an official statement to announced that the 24-year-old rapper’s self-testing kit returned positive following a PCR test which confirmed the diagnosis.
“VERNON is currently not exhibiting any extraordinary symptoms other than a sore throat and is administering self-treatment at home,” the statement shared.
The K-pop idol made contact with a few other members of the group “but they only met for a brief moment while wearing masks and did not come in close contact,” clarified the company.
According to the agency, the members “all took a self-test kit and rapid antigen test which all the results came back as negative and are not exhibiting any symptoms.”
The rapper will be missing a few of upcoming SEVENTEEN’s activities.
This comes after the artists unveiled his impressive collaboration with Charlie XCX in Beg for You remix on Friday.
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