After being exposed and in close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 positive victims earlier this week, some Korean celebrities have confirmed that their COVID-19 test resulted in negative.
Just today, August 21, the agency of actor Oh Man Seok announced that his result for the COVID-19 test resulted in negative. Oh Man Seok decided to get tested on August 17 when he had direct contact with a makeup artist who tested positive. The said makeup artist worked on the play "Jjamppong," which had 15 participants including actors Kim Won Hae, Seo Sung Jong, and Heo Dong Won.
Oh Man Seok's agency shared that the actor was doing his filming for the project "Just Comedy" in the JTBC building in Sangam-dong when he discovered that he had direct contact with the positive patient. He immediately alarmed the show's production crew, and the filming instantly halted. Even though his result came back negative, he had to follow the government guidelines on restricting the spread of the virus and do a self-quarantine. Due to this, he had to cancel all his scheduled activities.
Seo Yi Sook also got tested since she had come into close contact with actor Heo Dong Won, fortunately, her result came back negative for the virus. Both Seo Yi Sook and Heo Dong Won were working together on the drama "Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol," which currently halted their production after actor after Heo Dong Won tested positive for COVID-19. The drama "Startup," which also stars Seo Yi Sook's paused their production as it waits for the actress's result.
The drama "More than Friends" reportedly halted their filming due to their cast Kim Hee Jung. The said actress got tested because she had been in close contact with Kim Won Hae, who was among the first confirmed COVID-19 case.
Another cast of the drama, "Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol," who is actress Park Sung Yeon also decided to get tested for the virus and received a negative result. Since most of her shooting was in a different location and she wasn't working with anyone who had come into contact with a confirmed case. But just to be sure, the actress still went to get tested as it has been recommended by the production to do so.
"To All the Guys Who Loved Me" actress Song Sang Eun also got a negative result for the virus test. The drama also shut down their production after the news of Seo Sung Jong, one of the cast members, had tested positive. Song Sang Eun is also part of the drama "Private Life," that also halted productions while waiting for the results of a staff member who had worked on another drama in which someone had tested positive.
As soon as they have received the confirmation that Heo Dong Won had a positive result for the COVID-19 virus, the cast and crew of "Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol" were required to get tested for the virus. Stars, Go Ara, Lee Jae Wook, and Kim Joo Heon have confirmed and announced that they resulted negative for the virus. Actor Lee Jae Wook was not in close contact with the positive case, but for safety purposes, he got tested.
In case you are not aware, in South Korea, actors and production staff members, most of the time, work on multiple productions at once.
