In the J-League of soccer, if three or more people who are positive for the new coronavirus appear in the team ahead of the match, an antigen test will be conducted at the venue on the day of the match.
In the J-League, J1's Gamba Osaka was infected with the new coronavirus one after another by a total of eight players and staff last month, and six league games were canceled.
In response to this, the J-League executive committee decided that if the PCR test conducted by the team ahead of the match resulted in a positive result, or if there were a total of three or more people withheld, the match would be held. We decided to carry out an antigen test at the venue 3 hours before the start.
The result will be known in about 15 minutes, so players who are confirmed to be negative can participate in the game.
In addition, even if the total number of people who are judged to be positive or whose judgment is suspended is 2 or less, those who are recognized as close contacts by the health center or who are judged to be suspected of close contact by league standards, etc. It means that if the total number of people is 5 or more, the inspection will be carried out.
Mitsuru Murai, chairman of the J-League, said, "I wish I could reduce the risk of infection as much as possible. If I inspect it just before the start of the game, I think that not only the club where the infected person came out but also the opponent has a certain degree of security. Antigen testing has a problem of accuracy, but I would like to swallow it as well. "
In addition, we have decided to hold games in Osaka, Hyogo, and Miyagi prefectures to which "priority measures such as prevention of spread" have been applied, with the maximum number of spectators being 5000 or 50% of the capacity being smaller. It was.