From today, the maximum number of spectators is 5,000. Professional baseball and J-League New Corona July 10 5:50

Professional baseball and soccer J League will hold a game from the 10th with a maximum of 5000 people. As the number of people infected with the new coronavirus increases again mainly in Tokyo, each team and club urges the spectators to follow the newly established rules in order to take thorough measures against infection.

Professional baseball and the J League have been playing games with no spectators since last month, but in line with the government's policy of gradually relaxing the restrictions on holding events, from 10th to 5,000 people at each venue We put in and hold game.

Professional baseball is scheduled to have 6 night games on the 10th, and J2's J2 Fagiano Okayama vs. Giravanz Kitakyushu is scheduled to play one game.

Both professional baseball and J.League take temperature measurements when spectators enter, and refuse admission when the temperature is 37 degrees and 5 minutes or more.

In addition, support is also limited in order to prevent spectators from flying and contact infections, such as cheering and singing together, high-touching and shouldering, and waving towels and flags around. It is prohibited.

As the number of people infected with the new coronavirus increases again mainly in Tokyo, teams and clubs are calling on the audience to follow these new rules in order to take thorough measures against infection.

If there is no change in the government policy, both professional baseball and J League will increase the number of spectators to half of the capacity of the venue from the next month. From the 10th, while accepting the spectators, we will make every effort to prevent infection. You will be asked if you can do it.

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Nishimura, Minister for Economic Recovery, told reporters, "The situation is different depending on the stadium or stadium, but if you make a loud voice, the fly will fly as it is, so masks, ventilation, and disinfection are the basics. We would like to request thorough measures to prevent infection so that they will not be crowded."

J-League Metropolitan Area...Kanagawa Saitama 8 games in Chiba

Soccer J.League is planning to have an audience for the first time in 29 games from J1 to J3 from 10th to 12th.

There is no match in Tokyo where 224 infections, which are the most common, were confirmed in one day, but there are eight matches in Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba in the surrounding area.

Against this backdrop, the J-League announced that the government would continue to change the concept of relaxing the number of people at the time of the event on 9th, so we set a limit of 5000 people and put in the audience. It is a policy to play a match.

After that, we reconfirmed that each club should thoroughly implement the infection prevention measures shown in the guidelines.

The person in charge of each club "I want to thoroughly implement the infection measures that I have accumulated up to now", "I am working on the measures with the intention that nothing has changed even after the declaration of emergency has been lifted. We thoroughly wash hands, gargle, disinfect, and leave a space between them."

Professional baseball Chiba... Held only in the Tokyo metropolitan area

In professional baseball, Lotte v. Seibu will be held at the ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba City out of 6 games held on 10th with the audience, and this will be the only event in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

At the ZOZO Marine Stadium, there will be up to 5,000 spectators, with one person in every 6 seats, with a space between the front, back, left and right of the seats. According to the sponsor Lotte, tickets are sold out by the evening of the 9th.

According to the guideline for prevention of infection of professional baseball, whether to sell alcoholic beverages is decided for each team, but Lotte does not sell it in 3 consecutive games from 10th.

On the 9th at the stadium before accepting the audience, the staff of the team posted a poster to inform them of new rules such as prohibiting singing, jumping and cheering.

Emi Tanibo, a Lotte team member who has been in-house announcements for 30 years, said, “I've been looking forward to this day and I'm sure the customers are looking forward to it. There are both excitement and tension. All the staff have taken responsibility and made various preparations, and have been thinking about how to enjoy everyone and how to obey the rules. I want to tell everyone the rules well."