Rakuten, a professional baseball player, announced that six players, including pitcher Takahiro Norimoto, who was scheduled to start in the game on April 1, were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The infection of the new Corona was confirmed by pitcher Norimoto, who was the starting pitcher in the game on April 1, and infielder who also participated in the game against Orix held at Kyocera Dome Osaka on March 31. In addition to Hiroto Kobukata, there are six players, pitcher Yuma Yasuda, infielder Keizo Kawashima, pitcher Alan Busenitz, and pitcher Shinri Komine, who started in the three games from the opening game in the draft second place rookie.
According to the team, on the 31st, a PCR test was conducted on the director of one army and all the athletes, and it was confirmed that six athletes were infected with the new corona.
Of the six, Kawashima has symptoms of low-grade fever and malaise, and the other five are asymptomatic.
Since the six people are being treated in an isolated environment such as a hotel or home, team games and expeditions will be held as scheduled.
Kazuhisa Ishii, who also serves as the general manager of the team, responded to the interview before the game on the 1st, saying, "I am proud that I have taken the strictest measures against corona among the 12 teams, and the players do it with stricter rules than the general public. I think it can't be helped because there are people. Still, it is necessary to devise measures to prevent infected people from appearing. "
At Rakuten, infielder Eigoro Mogi, who participated fully in the opening round, was confirmed to be infected with the new corona on March 27, and will continue to carry out PCR tests and antigen tests on a regular basis. increase.
The starting pitcher for the Softbank game, which will be held at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi from 6 pm on the 1st, is expected to be Hideaki Wakui, who is in his 18th year as a professional pitcher.