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BTS member V tests positive for Covid-19

BTS member V tested positive for Covid-19, according to Big Hit Music Tuesday night. [ILGAN SPORTS]

BTS member V tested positive for Covid-19, according to Big Hit Music Tuesday night. [ILGAN SPORTS]

 
BTS member V tested positive for Covid-19, according to Big Hit Music Tuesday night.
 
V received a PCR test at a local hospital after experiencing symptoms of a mild sore throat on Tuesday. The results returned positive the same night, wrote the agency on fan community platform Weverse.  
 
The agency added that V is not showing any serious symptoms of the virus besides a mild fever and a sore throat. He is being treated at home and has been vaccinated twice.  
 
Following V’s infection, other members of the band underwent preemptive Covid testing as they had come in contact with V on Saturday. The results were all negative, according to Big Hit Music.  
 
V is the fifth member to contract the virus in the band, following Suga, RM and Jin who were infected in December and Jimin last month. All four have recovered since.  
 

BY LEE JIAN [lee.jian@joongang.co.kr]
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