Professional baseball player Chunichi announced that two people, including director Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Chunichi entered the camp in Chatan Town, Okinawa Prefecture from the 1st of this month, and the PCR test received in advance confirmed that all the participants were negative, including Director Tatsunami and Shuji Nishiyama Battery Coach, who were positive this time.
According to the team, all participants are supposed to undergo PCR tests on a regular basis during the camp, and on the 3rd, all the participants were found to be positive for Tatsunami and coach Nishiyama.
Both of them have no symptoms and are isolated and resting.
The team conducts its own investigation and voluntarily isolates several coaches and staff who are suspected of having close contact, but so far no player has been suspected of having close contact, so we will continue to investigate. I'm going to proceed.
The 4th is a rest day for the Chunichi camp, and after the 5th, the athletes and staff who have been confirmed to be negative will perform as scheduled.
Director Tatsunami was energetically working from the first day of the camp in, knocking on the fielders with his own bat, and giving batting instruction at the indoor practice field on the last two days when it rained.