Professional baseball Hiroshima announced that five new coronavirus infections have been introduced to players and staff from the 1st and 2nd armies, including the middle reliever pitcher Tarley, who had been on board in 22 games this season. This brings the total number of confirmed infections among Carp players and staff to 40.
In Hiroshima, a total of 34 people, including athletes and staff from the 2nd army, have been confirmed to be infected, and on the 18th, one staff member was confirmed to be infected even in the 1st army for the first time.
Then, on the 19th, a PCR test was conducted on the players and staff of the 1st and 2nd armies. Human infection has been confirmed.
According to the team, Abe has a fever, but the other players are asymptomatic.
With this, the number of confirmed infections of Hiroshima players and staff is 40 in total for the 1st and 2nd armies.
Due to this effect, the game with Softbank scheduled in Fukuoka Prefecture was canceled for 3 days from the 19th for the 2nd army.
On the other hand, for the 1st army, the match will continue as planned so far.
