Infected person in professional baseball team It is possible to deal with the current guidelines July 17th 17:15
A representative meeting of 12 professional baseball teams was held, confirming the contents pointed out by experts regarding the response when infected persons appeared in the team, Atsushi Saito Commissioner responded with the current guidelines regarding the idea of holding games I showed the recognition that I can do it.
At a countermeasure liaison meeting between professional baseball and soccer J-League held on the morning of 27th, multiple infections including players were confirmed at J1 Nagoya Grampus, and the game was canceled immediately before it could not be identified in time for the dense contact. In response to this, infectious disease experts commented on the need to revise the guidelines for cases of infected persons in the team.
In response, professional baseball confirmed what the experts pointed out at the 12-ball team meeting.
At the post-conference interview, Saito Commissioner said, "We will remove the team from the rich contact and the public if designated by the public health center, and we will make a guideline that other members can play, so we will do that," etc. I showed the recognition that the guidelines can be applied.
In addition, in the case of Nagoya Grampus, the club voluntarily conducts PCR tests on other players and staff after it has been confirmed that the athlete is infected. I will not say that," he said in professional baseball, he did not ask each team to do the same.
In addition, the Saito Commissioner has told each team to strengthen cooperation with local health centers and local governments in case of an infected person.