In professional baseball Hiroshima, after it was confirmed that three players including Ryosuke Kikuchi were infected with the new coronavirus, eight coaches and players such as Ryoma Nishikawa were put on standby at home at the team's own discretion.

On the 17th, professional baseball Hiroshima announced that Kikuchi, Kaito Kozono, and Yuya Shozui were tested positive by the PCR test.



According to the team, there were no players or officials who were considered to be close contacts in the health center survey, but at the team's own discretion, 5 players such as Nishikawa and Ryuhei Matsuyama and 8 players including Yusuke Kawada head coach I decided to wait at home.



It means that the contact situation was taken into consideration, such as when the lockers were close.



After that, eight players such as Shosei Nakamura and Masaya Yano will be registered as one army in place of the eight players who have been deregistered, and will face the giant battle to be held at Tokyo Dome from the 18th.



According to the team, eight players such as Kikuchi and Nishikawa who are waiting at home will apply a special case where they can re-register without waiting for the usual 10 days if they can return even if the participation player registration is deleted. I have decided.



Negatives were also confirmed for the two individuals who did not produce results in a series of PCR tests.