Takanoren = The Japan High School Baseball Federation, etc. conducted a PCR test for the new coronavirus before the tournament on 49 representative schools participating in the national high school baseball tournament in the summer, and a total of 26 members and coaches from 10 schools were infected. announced that it has been confirmed.
Takanoren and others are targeting members and coaches of 49 representative schools as a countermeasure against infection with the new corona for the summer national high school baseball that will start at Koshien Stadium on the 6th of this month. I'm going to do a PCR test twice.
Of these, pre-tournament inspections were conducted from the 29th of last month to the 1st of this month, and 1,641 people from 49 representative schools received them.
As a result, a total of 26 people, including members and instructors of 10 schools, were confirmed to be infected.
The guidelines for preventing the spread of infection for this tournament stipulate that each representative school will move to a dormitory near Koshien Stadium after confirming a negative test before the tournament. In some cases, the departure was postponed.
Takanoren and others will hold an online press conference from 4:30 pm on the 2nd to explain the details and future responses.