Professional baseball Yakult announced that it had eight wins in line with the team's top team this season, and that eight pitchers, including pitcher Keiji Takahashi, who had been coordinating with the second army, were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the team, the infections were confirmed this time by pitcher Takahashi, who is one of the starting rotations and has eight wins on par with the team's top pitcher, pitcher Yugo Umeno, who has pitched in 40 games as a relief pitcher, and Yuto Kanakubo. The pitchers are Daiki Yoshida, Kohei Miyadai, Taichi Yamano, Cole, and Suarez.
Pitcher Takahashi was canceled on the 29th of last month, and Umeno on the 1st of this month.
Eight people were tested positive when they received a PCR test on the 12th, and among them, pitchers Umeno, Kanakubo, Yoshida, and Miyadai are complaining of poor physical condition.
In addition, in the 1st army, Yuichi Matsumoto, the strategy coach, and Kiblehan are suspected of being in close contact with each other, so they are away from the team.
Yakult's 2nd Army has been infected with the new coronavirus since the beginning of this month, with two confirmed infections on the 9th and seven on the 10th.