Professional baseball policy to enter the audience from the 10th of next month New Corona June 22 12:23
Professional Baseball and Soccer J.League held a "Countermeasures Liaison Meeting" to discuss countermeasures against the new coronavirus, and professional baseball Atsushi Saito Commissioner announced that he would start spectators starting next month.
The countermeasures liaison meeting was held online, and representatives of professional baseball and J.League heard opinions from infectious disease experts.
In this regard, experts expressed the view that, as economic activities of the society as a whole resumed, it is permissible to have a spectator and play a game while taking measures against infection.
At the conference after the meeting, the professional baseball commissioner Saito said, ``I have to take the situation into consideration, but because there are players and teams ready, I'd like to declare that I'll have an audience starting next month on the 10th. ".
In addition, in the future, he showed that he will continue to collaborate with related organizations such as the public health center in dealing with cases where an asymptomatic infected person comes out of the team while performing PCR test once a month. .
On the other hand, the J League has already announced the policy to hold the game with the audience while taking measures against infection from the game on the 10th of next month.
It is allowed by the government policy from next month that the maximum number of visitors will be 5000 or less than half of the capacity, whichever is smaller, and the game will be held.
Regarding the points to be aware of when playing with a spectator, Mitsuo Kaku, a professor at Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, said, “Do not shout at the stadium by washing hands and masks so that people who come to the stadium do not infect each other. We will support the athletes," and stressed the need to explore new support styles.