Professional baseball SoftBank PCR test conducted on all players and staff 22:19 on August 2

Professional baseball SoftBank conducted PCR tests on all players and staff by 2 days after veteran Yuya Hasegawa was infected with the new coronavirus. According to the baseball team, the three days of practice and moving to the expedition will be done as planned.

At SoftBank on the 1st, it was found that Hasegawa, a 35-year-old player who was adjusting in the 2nd army, was infected with the new coronavirus, and on the 2nd, the game with Seibu scheduled at the PayPay dome in Fukuoka City was canceled. It was.

According to the team, seven athletes and staff members of the first army who are using the farm facility were inspected all day and night, and all were negative, so there was no possibility of infection in the first army. is.

Therefore, on the 3rd, we will practice in the PayPay dome in the morning, and in the afternoon we will move to Sendai where the match with Rakuten will be held from the 4th as scheduled.

Following this infection, we have inspected approximately 200 people, including all players in the team, but the results will be known before moving to Sendai.

A farm facility in Chikugo City, Fukuoka Prefecture was also disinfected.

With regard to the two armies, one new complaining of fever symptoms, so in addition to the results of the inspection, we will suspend activities until the health center identifies the concentrated contact person.

Director Kudo "I'm afraid again even if I take measures"

Kimikoyasu Kudo of Softbank said that Hasegawa was infected with the new coronavirus, "I feel the fear of the new coronavirus again that it is conscious of infection prevention and it will take even if thorough measures are taken. In the future, irregularities such as team schedules and player adjustments may occur, but we will continue to strive to prevent infections and make the best preparations for the match. Today, the match wasn't held and I'm sorry for the fans, but please recognize that it is a sickness that everyone can suffer and try to prevent infections," commented through the team. ..

Chairman Nakamura "Awareness of infection prevention"

Akira Nakamura, who is the chairman of the SoftBank team, commented on Hasegawa's infection with the new coronavirus. ``The players were looking forward to today's game, and obviously no one is bad, but all the fans. I am sorry to say that I am surprised at the same time that infected people will come out from my teammates close to me, and at the same time I think that I must spend more time with a sense of infection prevention,” commented through the team.

Fans "A perfect recovery and standing on the ground"

I heard about the PayPay dome in Fukuoka City.

A woman in her 20s in Fukuoka City said, "I'm shocked and sad, but I wish Hasegawa was safe. I thought I didn't know where I would get infected, so I'm scared."

In addition, a man in his 50s in Kasuya-cho, Fukuoka Prefecture said, "I don't think there are any people who want to get infected, and I think it's a revival as a professional baseball player that I think that he can completely recover and stand on the ground. I want to do it."