Sharing the points of caution regarding the outbreak of professional baseball and J League Tosu clusters August 24, 13:31

Based on the case where a group and cluster of infected people occurred in J1 Sagan Tosu, a baseball and soccer J League liaison conference was held on the measures against the new coronavirus, and we shared the precautions to prevent the spread of infection within the team. did.

In the J League this month, a cluster occurred in J1's Sagan Tosu, and a total of 11 infections including directors and players were confirmed, and 4 league games and 1 J League Cup were canceled.

In response to this, at the countermeasure liaison meeting on the 24th, referring to the case of Sagan, in order to prevent outbreaks within the team, wear masks when coaches and athletes talk at meetings, and in the shower room. We shared the precautions such as not leaving towels in the room, not sharing tongs for buffet-style meals, and avoiding meals for people not living together.

At the conference after the meeting, Mitsuo Kaku, a specially appointed professor at Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, said, “The Sagan athletes were firmly controlling their actions, but I think that the infection spread by a small chance. It is important to find remorse and find improvements."

In addition, the J-League Mitsuru Murai chairman said, “There was some lesson learned from the case of Sagan. It is possible that the infection could have spread to any club, so I would like to clearly reflect it in the guidelines. I was talking."

Professor Kaku also asked whether the number of spectators, which is currently limited to 5,000 in both professional baseball and J-League, can be expanded to half of the capacity from next month onwards. "I think there are some difficult points to increase right now. "Isn't it?"