A meeting of representatives of 12 professional baseball teams was held, and while the infection of the new coronavirus is rapidly spreading, all teams will hold a policy of spectating up to 20,000 people for the spring camp to be held next month. I confirmed it again.
NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball has announced a policy to include spectators in the camp to be held next month.
On the 11th, a meeting of representatives of 12 teams was held online, and although the infection of the new coronavirus is rapidly spreading, the number of local governments in Okinawa, Miyazaki, and Kochi prefectures, which are campsites, is up to 20,000. He said that he allowed spectators to enter, and confirmed the policy of camp with spectators again.
In Okinawa, where 9 teams camp out of the 3 prefectures, priority measures such as prevention of spread are applied, but at the moment, as in other prefectures, the policy is to include spectators up to 20,000 people. That is.
The government has set an upper limit of 20,000 people for large-scale events under priority measures such as prevention of spread.
In addition, due to the spread of the infection, we are considering measures such as increasing the number of PCR tests performed on athletes and staff during the camp period from the conventional once a week to twice a week.
Atsushi Ihara, Executive Secretary of NPB, said, "We will keep in touch with the local government of the venue and have an audience at the moment. We will change it depending on the situation to protect safety and security."