Professional baseball player Yakult announced that one new staff member has been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, there are no new infected players, and NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball will hold the China-Japan match in Aichi Prefecture on the 12th as scheduled.
According to the team, a new positive result was confirmed for one staff member as a result of the PCR test conducted on the 11th.
Since the beginning of this month, Yakult has been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, and now 28 people have been confirmed positive in the team.
This staff member has not been to the China-Japan war expedition in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture on the 12th.
In addition, the expedition members such as players and coaches who face the Chunichi match were subjected to a PCR test on the 12th, and all of them were confirmed to be negative.
In response to this, NPB plans to hold the Chunichi vs. Yakult match at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium from 6 pm on the 12th as scheduled.