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6 members of K-pop boy band Stray Kids get COVID-19

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Six members of K-pop boy band Stray Kids have tested positive for COVID-19. Photo: Twitter/@Stray_Kids" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/entertainment/03/22/20220322-stray-kids.jpg"/><figcaption>Six members of K-pop boy band Stray Kids have tested positive for COVID-19. Photo: Twitter/@Stray_Kids</figcaption></figure></div> Six of the eight members of South Korean boy band Stray Kids have tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the group to halt promotional activities shortly after releasing a new extended play (EP).Management company JYP Entertainment announced late Monday that band leader Bang Chan and members Lee Know and Hyunjin were diagnosed with the respiratory illness, according to a <a href="https://www.soompi.com/article/1518005wpp/stray-kids-changbin-tests-positive-for-covid-19">report</a> from Korean entertainment news portal Soompi.The trio are the latest Stray Kids members to have been confirmed with COVID-19. The first was rapper Changbin, who tested positive last Friday, just hours after the octet dropped its latest EP &quot;Oddinary.&quot;Over the weekend, Han and Seungmin also tested positive, leaving I.N and Felix as the only members who have not contracted the disease.The COVID-positive members have been vaccinated against the disease and not shown any symptoms, JYP said.The agency said it also cancelled Stray Kids&#x27; music show activities for the week.The company added that the members &quot;have been staying in separated living spaces&quot; since Changbin tested positive last Friday.Stray Kids was formed through a 2017 reality show of the same name. The band debuted with nine members in March 2018 with the EP &quot;I Am Not&quot; and single &quot;District 9.&quot; Vocalist Woojin left the group in October 2019.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/29/19/concert-recap-stray-kids-rock-it-out-in-manila">Concert recap: Stray Kids rock it out in Manila</a></li></ul>South Korea has recently been grappling with a surge in COVID-19 cases, driven by the highly infectious omicron variant.

Six of the eight members of South Korean boy band Stray Kids have tested positive for COVID-19.