The Japan Sumo Association has announced that three new people have been positive as a result of PCR tests in the Kokonoe stable, where people infected with the new coronavirus have been infected since before the first place.
This brings the total number of people who tested positive in the Kokonoe stable to 17 people.
In the Kokonoe stable, on the 9th of this month, the day before the first place, the infection of four wrestlers such as the 13th Chiyoshoma in front was found, and all the members of the association such as the wrestlers and masters in the room were closed from the first day, so far. 14 people, including the Kuju master, were judged positive.
According to Mr. Shibatayama, the director of the Japan Sumo Association's public relations department, 10 wrestlers, including wrestlers who had been judged negative, underwent a PCR test again by the 23rd, and three wrestlers under the Makushita were newly judged to be positive. about it.
This brings the number of association members who tested positive in the Kokonoe stable to 17.
Mr. Shibatayama, the director of public relations, said, "It means that it has spread in the room. First of all, it is important for positive people to be firmly negative."