China News Service, October 7th, Japan's Chiba Rhode Ocean Professional Baseball Club added 11 new confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia on the 6th local time. This includes 7 first-team players and 4 first-team staff, and coach Yizhiling Shoda is also included.
Team announcement screenshot
On the same day, the club issued an announcement on its official website, informing the specific list of infected people. On the 4th of this month, one player and one employee of the team had been diagnosed with COVID-19. After screening and testing the remaining 78 people, 11 people were found to have tested positive. This also means that as many as 13 people in the club have recently been confirmed to be infected with the virus. In the announcement of
, the club also wrote that among the 11 newly tested positive cases, some of them had fever symptoms after being tested, but all the symptoms were mild. From now on, they will take appropriate measures as directed by the health center and be hospitalized for treatment. If there are follow-up updates, the club will follow up on the report.
Club official website battle report results screenshot
It is worth mentioning that even though there are so many confirmed cases in the team, they still require the match against Osaka Oris Bison at home that day to be held as scheduled and eventually lost 0:3. It is reported that before the game day, the staff also carried out comprehensive sterilization and disinfection of the home court.
Japan Professional Baseball Association revealed that Chiba Club's decision referenced the opinions of local health officials, who believed that there was no need to cancel the game. (End)
Source: China News Network
