Cluster outbreak in J1 Tosu team Corona infected person totaled 10 people August 12 21:25

Following soccer player J1 Sagan Tosu and coach Kim Myung-hee, it was confirmed on the 12th that 9 new players and staff were infected with the new coronavirus.
Saga Prefecture has recognized that a cluster has formed within the team.

In Sagan Tosu, on the 11th, it was confirmed that Director Kin was infected with the new coronavirus, and on the 12th, two people including the athlete and the staff were confirmed infected.

Furthermore, it was confirmed that seven players including staff and staff who had been re-examined at a medical institution were positive at night.

There are 6 players and 3 staff members in the team, including 10 directors who were announced on the 11th.

Regarding this, Naoto Okawachi, Health and Welfare Manager of Saga Prefecture, who had a press conference on the evening of the 12th, showed that a cluster had occurred in the team.

In addition, the J-League has canceled the scheduled game between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Sagan Tosu of the J-League Cup scheduled for Hiroshima City from 7 pm on the 12th.

Third game to be canceled after J League official match restarts

Since the soccer J-League relaunched the official game in June, the official game was canceled due to the new coronavirus. The match between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Sagan Tosu of the J-League Cup on the 12th is the third game. Become.

In the J.League, in accordance with its own guidelines, athletes and staff will be subject to a PCR test once every two weeks from mid-June, and the match venue will be divided into three zones to reduce contact, and flow lines will be managed. We have taken measures against new coronavirus infections such as going.

However, the infection of athletes and staff continued, and the infection of two people was confirmed in Sagan of J1 on the 12th, so the game of Sanfrecce vs Sagan of the J League Cup scheduled from 7 pm was canceled. became.

This is the third game in which the official match has been canceled since it was resumed.

According to Saga Prefecture, in addition to this, 7 people including Sagan athletes and staff who had a positive test result are re-examining at a hospital in the prefecture, so if infection of all is confirmed, Representatives have acknowledged that there is a concern that a cluster has occurred within the team.

The J.League has not created a rule when a cluster occurs, so I would like to reflect it in the guideline in the future.

In the J League official match, the J1 league match on the 26th of last month, the Sanfrecce vs Nagoya Grampus match, the J2 league match on the 2nd of this month, and the Omiya Ardija vs Avispa Fukuoka match have been cancelled.