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Red Velvet's Irene, Joy, Yeri test positive for COVID-19

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Three members of popular K-pop girl group Red Velvet have tested positive for COVID-19. Photos: Twitter/@RVsmtown" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/entertainment/03/14/20220314-red-velvet.jpg"/><figcaption>Three members of popular K-pop girl group Red Velvet have tested positive for COVID-19. <em>Photos: Twitter/@RVsmtown</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>Irene, Joy and Yeri of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet have tested positive for COVID-19, their talent agency announced Monday.</p><p>The trio are the latest K-pop artists to get the respiratory illness as South Korea continues to face a surge in COVID-19 infections, driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.</p><p>&quot;Irene, Joy, and Yeri recently received positive results from COVID-19 self-testing kits that they used preemptively, so they carried out PCR tests and were confirmed positive this past weekend,&quot; SM said in a statement <a href="https://www.soompi.com/article/1517192wpp/red-velvets-irene-joy-and-yeri-test-positive-for-covid-19-upcoming-concert-postponed">published</a> in full by Korean entertainment news portal Soompi.</p><p>The company said the three members, who are recovering from their homes, are asymptomatic and have received the second doses of their COVID-19 vaccines.</p><p>The remaining members Seulgi and Wendy were found negative for the virus, the agency said.</p><p>SM added that Red Velvet&#x27;s in-person events scheduled on March 19 and 20 have been postponed but the group would proceed to release its new EP on March 21.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/06/22/k-pop-releases-to-watch-out-for-this-march">Red Velvet, Stray Kids, Cravity: The K-pop stars dropping music this March</a></li></ul><p>Other K-pop stars who recently tested positive for COVID-19 include Tomorrow X Together&#x27;s Soobin, STAYC&#x27;s Yoon, Brave Girls&#x27; Minyoung, Astro&#x27;s Moonbin and Sanha, soloist HyunA, and several members of boy bands BTOB and Seventeen.</p><p>On Monday, South Korea logged 309,790 new COVID-19 cases, the third consecutive day that the country had more than 300,000 fresh infections, according to news agency Yonhap.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1674178" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Irene, Joy and Yeri of the K-pop girl group Red Velvet have tested positive for COVID-19.