One player from Tohoku Gakuin in Miyagi, who participated in Koshien for the first time in the spring and summer at the National High School Baseball Championship in summer, had a fever and was confirmed to be positive by PCR.
According to the Takano Ren = Japan High School Baseball Federation, one player from Tohoku Gakuin had a fever on the 13th, and when PCR tests were performed twice, on the night of the 13th and the morning of the 14th, both were confirmed to be positive.
This player is currently waiting in the dormitory.
At this tournament, as a countermeasure against infection with the new coronavirus, we will conduct PCR tests up to three times before and during the tournament, targeting athletes and directors of 49 representative schools.
Tohoku Gakuin won the first round against Aichi's Aiko Daimeiden High School on the 11th of this month, and all of them were negative in the PCR test they received the next day.
In addition, the test conducted again on the morning of the 14th after receiving a fever from one player did not confirm any positive results from other players.
Takano Ren and others have expressed the idea of emphasizing "individual infection" or "outbreak" when it comes to whether or not to participate in the tournament, and will let the players stay in the private room of the dormitory until the health center decides on the close contact. That is.
Tohoku Gakuin will play against Matsusho Gakuen in Nagano in the second round on the 8th day of the tournament.