K-pop singer Bitto of Up10tion tests positive for Covid-19 after appearing with groups Aespa and NCT on weekend music shows
- The K-pop singer’s agency said that Bitto was told he had been in close contact with a confirmed case. A test for Covid-19 then came back positive
- Members of other K-pop groups, including Aespa and NCT, appeared on the same programmes as the singer before he was told of the result, and are now being tested
K-pop singer Bitto from the South Korean boy band Up10tion has tested positive for Covid-19, his agency Top Media announced on Monday.
The agency said that after Bitto appeared on the Music Core and Inkigayo television music programmes on Saturday and Sunday, he was told he had been in close contact with a confirmed case. A test for Covid-19 then came back positive.
“Our agency artists, staff and employees who crossed paths or came into contact with Bitto are being tested for Covid-19, and we will take quarantine measures according to instructions by health authorities,” Top Media said in a statement.
“Up10tion’s following scheduled activities have all been cancelled, and once again we will do our best to take care of our artists and manage sanitation for Covid-19.”