Professional baseball player Yakult announced that catcher Akihisa Nishida and a male team staff member were infected with the new coronavirus.
In addition, the team decided that there was a possibility of close contact with six players, including Tetsuto Yamada, Nori Aoki, and Seiichi Uchikawa, and put them on standby at home. The military players have been significantly replaced.
According to the Yakult baseball team, on the 30th, a total of 62 coaches, coaches, players, and staff were subjected to PCR tests, and as a result, Nishida and one male team staff in their 20s received a positive test for the new coronavirus. ..
Nishida participated in the DeNA game at Yokohama Stadium on the night of the 30th as a catcher, and the male staff also accompanied the team.
Both of them have no symptoms such as fever and are being quarantined at home.
In response to this, the public health center is proceeding with the identification of close contacts, but the team judged that there is a possibility of close contact independently, Yamada, Aoki, Uchikawa, Naomichi Nishiura, pitcher Suarez, Yamano Six Taichi pitchers were on standby at home.
For this reason, Yakult hurriedly replaced the players in the 1st Army with a special case where even if the player registration was deleted, it would be possible to re-register without waiting for the usual 10 days if it became possible to return.
The DeNA vs. Yakult match at Yokohama Stadium began at 5:45 pm as scheduled.