Professional baseball Hanshin to resume independent practice from 15th April 13 18:52

Professional baseball and Hanshin had suspended their activities since the end of last month because three players were infected with the new coronavirus, but decided to take measures to prevent infection from the 15th and resume voluntary practice. Was.

In Hanshin, all three team members, including pitcher Shintaro Fujinami, have been infected with the new coronavirus, and all team activities have been suspended since last month.

All three infected people were discharged from the team, and no athletes were designated as close contacts by the Health Center by 10th of this month, so voluntary practice was resumed at the Koshien Stadium from 15th.

Voluntary practice is carried out while taking infection prevention measures under the guidance of specialists. Specifically, players in the first army separate the practice area from the Koshien stadium, Narumihama stadium and other places in the second army. It is divided into morning and afternoon to reduce the number of people.

Also, in addition to banning the use of showers inside the facility and sports gyms outside the facility, the team will provide lunches to each athlete when eating at the practice place.

Tanimoto Shooting Club President said, "It's difficult to do body-building at home alone, so we thought we could provide a practice environment. We want to reduce the chance of contact between players as much as possible and practice voluntarily." I was