The 12 professional baseball teams will hold an executive committee, and in the future, if a player complains of illness due to a side reaction due to vaccination with the new coronavirus, a special case will be applied to allow the players of the 1st army to be flexibly replaced. I decided that.
In professional baseball, if a player is suspected of being infected from last season due to the spread of the new coronavirus, even if the player registration is deleted, if it is possible to return, it is possible to re-register without waiting for the usual 10 days. Is provided.
The 12 teams held an online executive committee on the 7th and decided to apply this exception even if a vaccinated athlete complains of illness due to a side reaction.
It was also decided that if the player registration was canceled due to a side reaction of the vaccine, the record of consecutive game participation will be continued after returning.
In addition, we received a survey of the Japan Sports Agency's intentions regarding vaccination in each workplace or university starting from the 21st of this month, and requested through NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball to include athletes and team members in the target of this vaccination. I will tell you.
There are reports that some teams are preparing for vaccination in collaboration with the parent company, and the 12 teams and NPB will consider how to proceed with vaccination of athletes.