Former professional baseball coach Masataka Nishida infected the new coronavirus on April 1 at 17:02
The office has announced that Masataka Nashida, a NHK professional baseball commentator who has been the director of Kintetsu and Nippon Ham in professional baseball and has won the league twice, has been infected with the new coronavirus.
According to his office, Mr. Nishita complained of malaise on the 25th of last month, and then fevered on the 28th, after which she had symptoms of dyspnea.
A hospital in Osaka Prefecture was diagnosed with severe pneumonia on the 31st, and was hospitalized and found to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Nashita is 66 years old. During his active time, he played as a catcher in professional baseball and Kintetsu with strong shoulders and strong batting. Since retirement, he has been a director at Kintetsu and Nippon-Ham, and Rakuten, and has won the league titles at Kintetsu and Nippon-Ham.
According to the office, he did not know how he got infected, but he said he had been resting at home since last month on the 25th when he became sick.
According to his office, "I am working hard to recover my illness, so I hope you can watch it quietly."