Basketball B League Osaka Evessa announced that nine players and staff had been infected with the new coronavirus by the 6th, and two league games scheduled to be held at home on the 8th and 9th were canceled. have become.
At Evessa, one athlete complained of a fever of nearly 39 degrees on the 4th, so a PCR test for the new coronavirus was tested positive.
In response to this, as a result of PCR testing on all the players and staff of the team, a total of 8 people including 5 players and 3 staff were newly determined to be positive by the 6th, and infection within the team Announced that the total number of people was nine.
Evessa is working with a local health center to identify close contacts.
The B-League stipulates that if the number of people who can enter a match is less than eight due to the influence of Corona, etc., the match will be canceled.
Evessa will not be able to match the number of players due to injuries in addition to the infected Corona, and will be the home of Evessa on the 8th and 9th at "Ookini Arena Maishima" in Konohana-ku, Osaka. Two league games that were scheduled to be held have been cancelled.
Alternative dates will be considered in the future.
Evessa is sixth in the West with 13 wins and 13 losses after 26 games this season.