A total of four players, including two, were found in a health center survey conducted after one player from Tohoku Gakuin in Miyagi, who participated in the summer national high school baseball championship, was confirmed to be positive by the PCR test. It was determined to be a contact.
At Tohoku Gakuin, one athlete had a fever on the 13th, and two PCR tests confirmed that both were positive.
After that, as a result of investigation by the public health center, it was judged that a total of four people, including two athletes, one training assistant, and one Asahi Shimbun reporter who accompanies the team to coordinate with the tournament headquarters, are close contacts of this athlete. I did.
The four had undergone PCR twice by the 14th and were all negative.
It means that we are currently waiting in a private room in the dormitory.
In addition, the athletes who were confirmed to be positive moved from the dormitory to the accommodation facility on the 15th.
Tohoku Gakuin is supposed to play against Matsusho Gakuen in Nagano in the second round on the 8th day of the tournament, but the Japan High School Baseball Federation and others will open an emergency response headquarters on the 16th to discuss future measures. is.