▲ Seosan Hanwha Eagles 2nd Army training ground closed due to a corona 19 confirmed player


Professional baseball with the first confirmed case will normally hold all five games scheduled today (1st).



The KBO secretariat said that the stability of the game progress was confirmed according to the results of epidemiological investigations by the quarantine authorities after Hanwha Eagles pitcher Shin Jung-rak was confirmed as Corona 19. Hanwha and Doosan Bears (Seoul Jamsil Stadium), LG The Twins and SK Wyverns (Incheon SK Happy Dream Stadium) announced that five games will be held as scheduled.



The KBO secretariat and Hanwha team quickly classified the targets after the occurrence of confirmed cases and conducted diagnostic tests, actively cooperated with the epidemiological investigations of the quarantine authorities to make every effort to confirm the safety of the game. I approved that it is good to play as much as I can.



After Pitcher Shin Jeong-rak, who was in the Hanwha Rehabilitation Army, was diagnosed with Corona 19 yesterday (August 31), a diagnostic test of 40 players and 40 employees living at the training center in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do, where the Hanwha 2nd Army and the Training and Rehabilitation Army are located, was also conducted immediately. KBO introduced that everyone in the morning got negative results.



Currently, 36 additional inspections are underway, including athletes, employees, and employees of partner companies living outside the training ground.



In addition, the LG Twins Futures squad, which played the Futures (2nd Army) league away game in Seosan on the 25th to 26th, were also tested.



KBO will follow up after further investigation by the quarantine authorities is completed.



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