The Boyz's Eric has tested positive for COVID-19.

On January 24th, IST Entertainment announced that the idol member was tested positive for COVID-19 on the group's official fan cafe. Below is IST Entertainment's official statement.

"Hello, this is IST Entertainment. 

We are writing to notify our artist The Boyz's Eric has tested positive for COVID-19. 

Eric received the third dose of vaccine on the 20th and shared a meal with his acquaintance that day. After realizing his acquaintance had an overlap in track with a confirmed case, Eric immediately took PCR testing on the 21st, which initially came back negative. 

After receiving negative results, he joined the schedule with the rest of the members on the 22nd. Before he joined the members he took a self-diagnostic test at home which also came back negative. As the group had a reality filming scheduled on the 24th, Eric took PCR testing once more on the 23rd. Eric then was confirmed as positive on the morning of the 24th. 

Upon hearing the news, all staff and The Boyz members took the tests and are currently waiting for the results. We have also immediately notified the organizer of the schedule held over this past weekend. 

We will be notifying you once again as soon as the results come back. 

The following official schedules of The Boyz will be rescheduled, which will be notified through the official home page. 

We apologize for causing concerns and we promise to continue prioritizing the guidelines of the health authorities to ensure our artists' health and safety. 

Thank you."