In South Korea, where infection with the mutant virus confirmed in India is spreading, five players in two professional baseball teams were infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of people subject to quarantine increased, so all from 13th I have decided to cancel the match.
This was announced by the KBO = Korea Baseball Organization on the night of the 12th.
According to the report, five players were infected in two Korean professional baseball teams, and more than 50 players and coaching staff who had close contact were subject to quarantine.
For this reason, KBO held an urgent board meeting on the 12th and decided that it would be difficult to proceed with the regular season normally, and decided to cancel all games from the 13th to the 18th of this month.
From the 19th of this month to the 9th of next month, there is no match schedule from the beginning for the Tokyo Olympics, and this decision will mean that there will be no match for about a month.
After resuming, KBO will play the canceled games again, and each team will play 144 games in the regular season as scheduled.
In South Korea, while the "Delta strain" of the mutant virus confirmed in India is spreading, the infection is spreading, with the number of infected people per day exceeding 1,300 for the first time last week, and the government is intensifying the sense of crisis. I will.