SE League Hanshin Fujinami pitchers' infection history and other information shared March 27 23:48
Professional Baseball Se League held an extraordinary board meeting to confirm the history of three players, including pitcher Shintaro Fujinami, infected with the new coronavirus in Hanshin and shared information on how to respond.
In the afternoon of September 27, the representatives of the six teams gathered in Tokyo for an extraordinary board meeting.
At the beginning, the head of the Tanimoto Shukyu team of Hanshin explained the circumstances leading up to the confirmation of the infection of the new coronavirus in three players, including pitcher Fujinami, and currently all players and team members are prohibited from going out in principle. We reported that we gave instructions.
On the other hand, a proposal made by a team of experts on infectious diseases at a countermeasure liaison meeting between professional baseball and the J-League soccer team says that even if an infectious person appears in a player, "in principle, the team will play and practice as scheduled." As a result, we confirmed that if an infected person appeared during the season, we would not necessarily halt the team's activities but take action based on the recommendations.
"This was the first case with multiple infections. It was before the opening of the season that Hanshin decided that Hanshin had taken its own response," said Kazuki Mihara, DeNA's chairman of the League. You have to think differently when the season begins. "
In addition, after the season started, each team decided to limit the number of spectators and agreed to play a match for the time being. During the discussion on the 27th, information was shared on specific measures at each stadium.
The opening of the season has been further postponed from next month after the surge in the number of people infected with the new coronavirus has caused many local governments, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, to call for self-restraint of unnecessary and urgent outings. In other words, they exchanged their opinions on the expected game schedule.