(London) British pop star Ed Sheeran said on Sunday he tested positive for COVID-19, less than a week away from the highly anticipated release of his new album.
“A quick word to tell you that I have unfortunately been declared positive for COVID-19 and that I am therefore going into isolation”, wrote on his Instagram account the composer and performer of the worldwide success Shape of You (2017).
“So I’m not going to be able to fulfill my commitments in person at the moment and I’m going to make the most of the interviews and performances planned from home,” continued the 30-year-old singer who lives in Suffolk, in the east. from England.
His next album, =, is due out on Friday, October 29, so he had performances and interviews planned in this context.
Ed Sheeran performed on October 17 in London at the Earthshot Climate Awards ceremony, hosted by Prince William.
His new album marks the return of the singer, who had taken a hiatus after the birth in the summer of 2020 of his daughter.
The United Kingdom, one of the countries most affected by the pandemic in Europe with nearly 140,000 deaths, is currently experiencing one of the highest rates of contamination in the world.
Thanks to vaccination, the number of hospitalizations and deaths remains lower than in previous waves but is increasing, pushing more and more scientists to demand the return of certain restrictions such as wearing a mask indoors, which is refused for the government instant.