A new coronavirus countermeasure liaison conference for professional baseball and soccer J.League will be held to introduce a mechanism to confirm whether vaccination has been completed or a negative test, and to consider whether the upper limit of the number of spectators can be relaxed. I confirmed that.
On the 3rd of this month, a subcommittee of the government recommended that the negative results of vaccination and PCR tests be introduced as a mechanism to reduce restrictions in daily life.
At the countermeasures liaison meeting held on the 6th, it was confirmed that in professional baseball and the J League, we would exchange opinions with experts on the utilization of such a mechanism and consider whether the upper limit of the number of spectators could be relaxed.
At a post-conference meeting, Commissioner Atsushi Saito of professional baseball mentioned that such a mechanism had already been introduced at overseas sporting events, professional baseball, and games hosted by Softbank. With everyone's consent, we would like to promote a form in which people or people who have proved negative in the test can enter, "he said, showing a positive attitude toward the introduction in professional baseball.
After that, he said, "We can't let the spectators enter without permission, so we will use the ruled ones as a national policy." I emphasized that I would proceed.
In addition, J.League chairman Mitsuru Murai said, "We received advice on what kind of discussions we need internally from that perspective. We need to consider various things, so we will take steps one step at a time. Vaccination has penetrated. We are doing so, and if we can reach a social consensus, we would like to fully incorporate such new initiatives even this season. "
On the other hand, an infectious disease expert said, "Vaccination does not mean that you will not be 100% infected, and you may be asymptomatic. Issues such as "must not be done" were pointed out.