We would like to announce that on Thursday, November 19, a J.League official PCR test for COVID-19 was conducted on a total of 60 people, including first-team players and team officials, excluding Katsuya Nagato, who is recuperating at home after testing positive for COVID-19, and Itsuki Someno, who underwent surgery on his right ankle. All 60 individuals, including the six close contacts currently in quarantine (Daiki Sugioka, Ryotaro Araki, Koki Machida, Ikuma Sekigawa, Hiroki Yamada, Keigo Tsunemoto), tested negative.
This test was conducted earlier than scheduled, as it was originally planned as a J.League official COVID-19 test for Friday, November 20. Itsuki Someno also underwent a PCR test in conjunction with his surgery on Wednesday, November 18, and tested negative.