K-pop singer Chungha has canceled her appearance at this week’s Head In The Clouds music and arts festival in Jakarta, after two of her staff members were confirmed to have been infected by the novel coronavirus upon their return from Italy.
Her agency MNH Entertainment released a written statement yesterday, saying that the Gotta Go singer and her staff attended Milan Fashion Week and returned to South Korea on Feb. 24. One of her staff members came down with a fever soon after their return and later tested positive for COVID-19.
Another staff member also tested positive, though the 24-year-old singer and others in her team tested negative for the novel coronavirus. They reportedly decided to quarantine themselves, and consequently canceled her scheduled performances for the next 14 days, including Head in the Clouds Jakarta on Mar. 7, as confirmed by 88rising in a tweet yesterday.
Because of unforseen circumstances, chungha will not be performing at head in the clouds Jakarta. 88rising family is with you and your team @CHUNGHA_MNHent
— 88rising (@88rising) March 1, 2020
As of today, Italy, with more than 1,600, has the most confirmed COVID-19 cases in Europe,, while South Korea has the largest number of infections outside of China, with nearly 476 new cases today that brought up the total number there to more than 4,000 cases. The death toll in South Korea has reached 22 people.
Head In The Clouds festival, dubbed the “Asian Coachella,” is slated to be held this Saturday at JIExpo Kemayoran, with headliners including US-based hometown heroes in rapper Rich Brian and R&B singer/songwriter NIKI. Also performing are their label mates, former internet personality-turned R&B and trip-hop Japanese singer Joji and the I Love You 3000 singer Stephanie Poetri, among others.
Chungha collaborated with Brian in a single titled These Nights, released in October of last year. Chinese rap quartet Higher Brothers also had to pull out of the festival due to the travel ban imposed by Indonesia on flights from and to Mainland China amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
