No change in team activities following the 13th
On the 13th, Yakult pitchers Taiki Yoshida, Yugo Umeno, Yuto Kanakubo, AJ Cole, Kohei Miyadai, Andrew Suarez, Keiji Takahashi, and Taichi Yamano tested positive for the new coronavirus. He announced that he had been judged. Eight people are in self-isolation and awaiting instructions from the local public health center.
Umeno, Kanakubo, Miyadai, and Daiki Yoshida complained of poor physical condition on the 12th, and received a positive result following taking a PCR test on the same day. Suarez, Cole, Takahashi, and Yamano received a positive result from the regular PCR test on the 12th.
In addition, strategy coach Matsumoto Yuichi and outfielder Patrick Kiblehan were placed in self-quarantine due to suspicion of close contact. There is no change in team activities following the 13th. Yakult was hit by a large number of infected people, including coach Shingo Takatsu and infielder Tetsuto Yamada in July, but many positive people came out once more.
(Full-Count editorial department)
