Professional baseball Lotte suspended until next month 5th March 17:00

Lotte, a professional baseball player, has announced that both the first and second teams will suspend their activities until next month after the spread of the new coronavirus.

Lotte had canceled training and practice games for both the first and second armies for three days from the 28th to the 30th and planned to resume activities from the 31st.

However, as the number of people infected with the new coronavirus continues to increase, postponement of the resumption has been postponed due to calls from local governments in the Tokyo metropolitan area to refrain from unnecessary and urgent outings. Announced that it will suspend its activities.

During this time, the team also banned the use of the hometown ZOZO Marine Stadium and the 2nd Army Lotte Urawa Stadium, instructing players and staff to stay at home and refrain from going out unnecessarily.