On February 14th, Yuehua Entertainment announced its upcoming 7 members boy group will be pushing back their official debut as all 7 members have tested positive for COVID-19. Initially, TEMPEST was scheduled to debut with their 1st mini-album 'It's ME, It's WE' on February 21st. The boys will now debut on March 2nd instead.
Following is the official statement from Yuehua Entertainment.
"Hello, this is Yuehua Entertainment. We are writing to notify the delay in promotion schedules and COVID-19 tests results of our artist TEMPEST (LEW, Taerae, Hwarang, Hyeongseop, Eunchan, Hanbin, and Hyuk).
Back on the 13th, one of the staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. All members immediately took rapid antigen tests following the news. After 7 positive results, the members rushed over to the hospital and took PCR tests. As a result today on the 14th, all 7 members were confirmed positive for COVID-19.
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