Seibu, a professional baseball player, announced that three players, including pitcher Tetsu Miyagawa, who had pitched in 11 games as a middle reliever so far this season, have been infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the team, a PCR test on the 24th confirmed that pitchers Miyagawa, Yoshinobu Mizukami, and Shinya Hasegawa were infected with the new coronavirus.
This season, both pitcher Miyagawa and pitcher Mizukami have pitched in 11 games for pitcher Miyagawa and 12 games for pitcher Mizukami as middle reliever.
According to the team, the two had no symptoms, but Hasegawa had a fever for a while.
In addition, two players and two team staff who had contact were put on standby at home at the discretion of the team.
In Seibu, the infection spread, such as the infection of one player and one staff member was confirmed on the 22nd of this month, and in response to this, the team was scheduled for the 26th and 27th. The game was canceled.
Seibu says, "We sincerely apologize for the concern that we have caused to our fans and other related parties. We will continue to work on preventing infection and the spread of infection in our team."