The Japan Sumo Association has announced that Wakatakakage Atsushi in Makuuchi has been infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the Japan Sumo Association, the second frontal Wakatakakage, who belongs to the Arashio stable, had a fever of 38 degrees or more and a sore throat. Is isolated according to the instructions of the health center.
In the future, masters and wrestlers in the same room will undergo PCR tests.
The Sumo Association also states that there was no contact with wrestlers in other rooms because training was prohibited in all rooms.
Shibatayama, the public relations manager of the Japan Sumo Association, said, "I can't say what will happen to this place at the moment. I don't have any contact, so I think we can control the infection in the room. "