Professional baseball player Yakult announced that Munetaka Murakami, who had been training independently in Miyazaki Prefecture, was infected with the new coronavirus.
According to Yakult, Murakami was staying in Miyazaki prefecture for voluntary training, and on the morning of the 6th, he had a fever of 38 degrees 2 minutes and had a feeling of malaise, so he was positive when he underwent a PCR test for the new coronavirus at a medical institution. It means that it was judged.
Murakami is isolated and treated at the hotel where he is staying.
20-year-old Murakami was fourth in all games last season, both with 28 home runs and 86 RBIs in second place in the league, winning the title with the highest on-base percentage and winning the best nine.
In addition, five players, Nori Aoki, Naomichi Nishiura, Yasutaka Shiomi, Takeshi Miyamoto, Shota Nakayama, who had been training independently with Murakami, and one team staff member were certified as close contacts by the health center. I did.
Five athletes will also be quarantined at the hotel where they are staying and will undergo a PCR test on the 7th.
Also, the team staff have already returned to Tokyo and are isolated at home.