As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads, the infections of professional baseball players such as Yakult and Seibu are occurring one after another, and the NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball Organization has decided to carry out an antigen test in combination with the PCR test. rice field.

On the 19th, NPB held an online representative meeting of 12 teams to discuss infection control measures in response to a series of infections in Yakult, Seibu, and Nippon-Ham.



In that process, in addition to the conventional PCR test, we decided to conduct an antigen test for athletes, staff, and team members who felt unwell.



In addition, for the All-Star Game scheduled for Fukuoka City on the 26th and Matsuyama City on the 27th of this month, the participating players will each perform a PCR test within 48 hours.



The players will move to Fukuoka after confirming a negative within 48 hours, and then move to Matsuyama after being tested in Fukuoka.



Atsushi Ihara, the secretary general of NPB, said, "Although the infection situation has never been seen before, we will do more thoroughly what we have been working on. Antigen testing can be a guideline, so we would like to use it together." I was talking.



Also, at the meeting held after the professional baseball and J-League's new corona virus countermeasures liaison conference held in the morning, will the commissioner of professional baseball Atsushi Saito limit the spectators if the number of infected people continues to increase? "We need to talk with the government and local governments about the audience, but I don't think it's necessary to regulate it. If there are few people who get seriously ill, I would like to include the audience."