NBA = American professional basketball has announced the cancellation of five games, including the one that Yuta Watanabe was planning to play, amid growing caution about the spread of a new mutant virus, Omicron, in the United States.
The effects of the re-emergence of the infection are spreading, with the NFL = American League of Professional Football and the NHL = North American Professional Ice Hockey League being canceled one after another.
The NBA announced on the 19th that it will cancel a total of five games scheduled by the 21st, saying that players from multiple teams have been subject to the new coronavirus infection control regulations.
This includes the Raptors game to which Watanabe belongs and the Wizards game of Rui Hachimura, and no new schedule has been decided so far.
In the NFL, more than 100 athletes have tested positive for the new Corona in the past week, and three games have been cancelled.
In addition, the NHL has also canceled a total of 35 games this month alone, including the cancellation of cross-border matches between Canadian and American teams.
For this reason, the NHL wants to minimize delays in the regular season by recommending additional vaccinations for athletes and strengthening infection control by conducting daily tests that were conducted every three days. is.