A new coronavirus countermeasure liaison conference was held for professional baseball and soccer J-League, and experts pointed out that highly infectious mutant viruses are spreading and that it is necessary to strengthen infection countermeasures.
In professional baseball, from the end of last month to this month, a group of infected people = clusters that infect more than 10 people occurred in Nippon Ham and Hiroshima, and the games were canceled one after another.
In response to this, at the countermeasures liaison meeting on the 24th, experts pointed out that the spread of the mutant virus had a large impact and that it was necessary to further strengthen infection countermeasures.
At a press conference after the meeting, Mitsuo Kaku, a specially appointed professor at Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, said, "There is a possibility that the measures we have taken so far may not be enough. "We have to raise it," and specifically, there are cases where the mask is in close contact with the face so that there is no gap between it, and there are cases of short conversations with the mask on and infection even outdoors. With that in mind, I explained that it is necessary to prevent contact with people as much as possible.
In the future, we will confirm that we will discuss the vaccination of athletes after understanding how adverse reactions affect performance and respecting the rights of athletes who have decided not to receive vaccination. did.