Correspondence when there is an infected person of professional baseball new corona To discuss again 23:01 on August 3
After baseball/softbank Yuya Hasegawa was infected with the new coronavirus and the official game of the 1st army was canceled on the 2nd, the 12 teams will discuss again what to do when an infected person appears. It was decided.
At SoftBank on the 1st of this month, it was found that Hasegawa, who was being adjusted by the 2nd army, was infected with the new coronavirus, and it can not be denied that the 1st army player using the farm facility may be infected. On the 2nd, the official match with Seibu, which was scheduled at PayPa Dome in Fukuoka City, was canceled.
Regarding this, Atsushi Ihara, secretary general of NPB = Japan Baseball Organization, said, "I think it is necessary to have a time to look back on this case with 12 teams and exchange opinions on future measures." It was clarified that the executive committee will be held soon and the discussion will be held again.
In professional baseball, if an infected person or a heavy contact person comes out, it was planned to hold the game after removing that player from the team, but this time, the infection of the two army players was This resulted in the official game being canceled.
Secretary-General Ihara said, “I was expecting it, but I was aware of the risk,” and due to the spread of community-based infections, it takes time for the public health center to conduct an investigation to identify concentrated contacts. It is said that there were some issues in dealing with infected people, and we will exchange opinions on these points.