The Japan High School Baseball Federation has responded to the fact that members of the Japan High School Baseball Federation have been infected with the new coronavirus and many schools have declined to participate in local high school baseball tournaments in the summer. We called for thorough infection control measures in writing.

As the summer national high school baseball championship to be held at Koshien approaches on the 9th of next month, at the Kanagawa tournament on the 24th, Tokai University Sagami High School, which won the championship of this year, said that 17 players were infected with the new coronavirus. I declined to participate in the scheduled quarterfinals.



In addition, Seiryo High School, which won second place in the summer Koshien at the Ishikawa tournament, was infected by multiple members and abandoned participation in the tournament. The influence of is spreading.



Under these circumstances, on the 24th, the Takano Ren called on the prefectures Takano Ren and member schools to thoroughly implement infection control measures in writing.



In this statement, "The decision that the school director has declined to participate is extremely difficult for the members, parents, and school officials to accept the reality. Once again, infection prevention measures Please reconfirm and be more thorough. "



The local tournament will start in southern Hokkaido at the end of last month, and 49 representative schools to participate in the summer Koshien will be decided early next month.