Of the spring camps for professional baseball scheduled to start on the 1st of next month, the campsites in Miyazaki Prefecture will be held without spectators for the time being to prevent infection with the new coronavirus.
In Miyazaki prefecture, Giants, Softbank, Orix are in Miyazaki City, Seibu and Hiroshima are in Nichinan City, and Yakult's two are in Saito City, and spring camps are scheduled to start from the 1st of next month.
On the other hand, Miyazaki Prefecture, which has issued its own state of emergency since the 7th of this month in response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, has issued its own state of emergency to the NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball. Requested that no spectators enter the camp.
In response to this, the six teams planning to camp in Miyazaki Prefecture decided to camp without spectators until both the government and the prefecture's own state of emergency were lifted.
The six teams said, "If both states of emergency are lifted, we would like to consult with the local government and consider it again, and camp in a way that does not burden the local community."
In addition, NPB Secretary-General Atsushi Ihara said, "At the 12-team representatives' meeting on the 12th of this month, we decided to accept requests from the local government, so we accepted that. From Okinawa Prefecture, we talked about the audience. Not at this time. "
Lotte, which will be held on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa at the spring camp, has already announced that it will be held without spectators.
Professional baseball / Softbank announced that it will hold a spring camp in Miyazaki City from the 1st of next month without spectators until both the government and Miyazaki Prefecture's own state of emergency are lifted in order to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Did.
As usual, Softbank will hold a spring camp at Ikimenomori Sports Park in Miyazaki City from the 1st of next month for both the 1st and 2nd armies.
However, as the spread of the new coronavirus continues, the team announced at the request of Miyazaki Prefecture that it will be carried out without spectators until both the government and the prefecture's own state of emergency are lifted.
The team said, "All the players and staff have undergone a PCR test, and after confirming a negative result, they moved to Miyazaki, and during the period, they complied with the action requests from Miyazaki Prefecture and Miyazaki City, such as" refraining from going out unnecessarily. " Will be carried out. "