BTS: 3 members of K-pop sensation test positive for COVID
28 December 2021 |
10:02 am
Three BTS members — Suga, RM and Jin — have tested positive for COVID-19. The superstar group had recently returned to South Korea from the United States where they held their first in-person concerts since the pandemic.
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