Professional baseball and Yakult will play a match against Hanshin, which was scheduled to be held at Jingu Baseball Stadium on the night of the 10th, on the 9th, as it was confirmed that 6 people including Yuhei Nakamura and Yasutaka Shiomi were newly infected with the new coronavirus. Announced that it will be canceled following.

According to the baseball team, the infection was confirmed on the 10th by the team's main players Nakamura and Shiomi, as well as Shoitsu Omatsu batter coach, Ryosuke Morioka infield defense base running coach, Atsushi Kinugawa battery coach, and one staff member. There are 6 people.



In Yakult, infection with the new coronavirus has been confirmed one after another from the 8th, and 6 people were positive when they underwent a PCR test on the 9th.



Infection was confirmed after the 8th, with a total of 24 players and staff, and as a result of discussions with NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball, etc., the baseball team is scheduled to be held at Jingu Baseball Stadium on the night of the 10th from the viewpoint of preventing the spread of infection. The match with Hanshin Tigers has been cancelled.



Yakult was also canceled on the 9th against the Hanshin Tigers because it was confirmed that 14 members of the 1st army, including coach Shingo Takatsu and Tetsuto Yamada, were infected with the new coronavirus, and the match was canceled for the second consecutive day. ..