It has been confirmed that several members of Arita Kogyo in Saga Prefecture, who have decided to participate in Koshien for the spring and summer consecutively, are infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the Saga Prefecture High School Baseball Federation, Arita Kogyo intends to participate as scheduled.
The Japan High School Baseball Federation and others are conducting PCR tests for the new coronavirus on members of the national high school baseball team that will be held at Koshien Stadium in the summer.
According to the Saga Prefecture Takanoren, Arita Kogyo's baseball club members who decided to participate in Koshien in the spring and summer consecutively were tested on the 29th of last month, and on the 31st of last month, it was confirmed that several members were infected with the new coronavirus. It means that
Although the prefectural Takanoren does not know the number of infected members, it explains that many are asymptomatic.
Arita Kogyo's baseball club members were scheduled to enter the lodgings in Osaka on the 2nd, but they will not enter the lodgings until the recuperation period of the member confirmed to be infected is over.
Shinya Matsuo, chairman of the Saga Prefecture Takanoren, said, "Arita Kogyo intends to do its best to participate, and I would like you to support the students so that they do not get hurt."