Professional baseball player Hanshin announced that 37-year-old veteran Minoru Iwata and team staff have been infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the Hanshin Tigers, on the 5th, a test for the new coronavirus was conducted on athletes and staff who are planning to use the team facility, and as a result, a total of two people, pitcher Iwata and team staff, were judged to be positive, and on the afternoon of the 6th. , I was re-examined at the hospital and received a definitive diagnosis.
Pitcher Iwata has symptoms of stuffy nose but no fever, and the team staff have no noticeable symptoms, which means that both of them are isolated at home.
Pitcher Iwata developed "type 1 diabetes" when he was in the second year of high school, which is different from the one triggered by his lifestyle, and he is still being treated.
On the other hand, the health center determined that there were no close contacts among the team members, and disinfected the team facility based on the behavior records of the two.
In Hanshin, three athletes were infected with the new coronavirus in March last year, and nine athletes and staff were infected one after another in September last year.