Professional baseball Softbank 1 military staff 1 infection confirmed New Corona 0:15 on August 4th
Pro Baseball SoftBank announced that a PCR test conducted by Yuya Hasegawa after being infected with the new coronavirus confirmed that one army staff member was newly infected.
Softbank suspended the match with Seibu of the 1st army on the 2nd after Hasegawa, who was adjusting in the 2nd army, was infected with the new coronavirus, and all players, leaders, and staff together We urgently performed a PCR test for 200 people.
And the team announced on the night of the 3rd that one male staff member in his 30s was confirmed to be infected out of 87 men in one army.
Players and leaders other than this staff were negative, but we left the two staff who were contacted during work at home.
According to the team's investigation, no contact between the confirmed staff and Hasegawa has been confirmed.
In addition, the team practiced at PayPa Dome, the headquarters in Fukuoka City, on the 3rd, and then moved to the 6th consecutive battle with Rakuten in Sendai City on the 4th.
"We decided that there was no problem with the move because the players and staff who moved today were negative for the test," said SoftBank General Manager Sugihiko Mikasa, who met online.
Then, when asked about the impact on the four-day match, he said, "We can't say that there is no clear impact."
On the other hand, the results of the inspection of the 2nd army, the 3rd army, and the rehabilitation group will be known from the 4th, but the 2nd army has been suspended from the activity, and the western with Hiroshima scheduled in Yamaguchi prefecture from the 4th・League match has been cancelled.