Professional baseball player Hanshin announced on the 5th that central player Yusuke Oyama and 10th-year player Fumiya Hojo were infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the team, Oyama and Hojo were tested positive for the new coronavirus on the 5th as a result of a PCR test.
Oyama has no symptoms, Hojo has symptoms of headache and fever, and both of them were deregistered as players of the 1st army on the 5th and are recuperating away from the team.
Oyama has been in charge of this season as well, and has participated in 93 games so far, scoring 22 home runs and 71 RBIs, ranking second in the league.
In Hanshin, on the 3rd, pitcher Yudai Watanabe, the middle pitcher on the left, was tested positive.
Hanshin will continue to thoroughly implement infection prevention measures and continue team activities.