米スポーツの中断長期化へ　ＣＤＣが８週間のイベント自粛勧告

【ロサンゼルスＡＦＰ＝時事】米疾病対策センター（CDC）が15日、新型コロナウイルスとの闘いの中で、スポーツを含めた「大規模行事や集会」を今後8週間は中止、または延期するよう勧告した。これを受けて、プロバスケットボール（NBA）を含めた米メジャースポーツの再開は当初の見込みより遅れる可能性が高まっている。（写真は資料写真）
　ＣＤＣは、「大規模な行事や集会は、参加者が別のコミュニティーにウイルスを持ち込むという形で、米国での感染拡大の要因となる恐れがある」「例としては会議や祭り、パレード、コンサート、スポーツ大会、結婚式などの集まりが挙げられる」と述べた。
　世界がコロナウイルスの大流行に直面する中で、主な米プロスポーツでは、ユタ・ジャズのルディ・ゴベールが陽性となったＮＢＡが真っ先に中断を決めた。
　現時点では、３人のＮＢＡ選手の陽性が発表されている。リーグは再開の期日を定めておらず、アダム・シルバー・コミッショナーは１２日、「少なくとも３０日間にわたる可能性が高い」というリーグの判断を明かしていた。
　１５日から８週間で計算した場合、再開は５月１０日と、レギュラーシーズン終了と４月１８日のプレーオフ開幕予定を大幅に過ぎた時期になる。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/03/17-12:58）

The NBA and other major sports leagues in the United States could be idle for longer than intially anticipated under new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
The CDC recommended Sunday that sporting events and other large events and mass gatherings be cancelled or postponed for the next eight weeks.
Large events and mass gatherings can contribute to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States via travelers who attend these events and introduce the virus to new communities, the agency said in a statement.
Examples of large events and mass gatherings include conferences, festivals, parades, concerts, sporting events, weddings, and other types of assemblies.
The NBA became the first major US pro sports league to suspend its season in the face of the coronavirus pandemic after Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Three NBA players are now known to have tested positive.
The NHL and Major League Soccer have also suspended competition, while Major League Baseball cancelled Spring Training games and pushed back the scheduled March 26 start of its season at least two weeks.
The PGA Tour and LPGA Tour have cancelled tournaments into April, and the Masters, first men's major of 2020 will not take place at Augusta National April 9-12.
Tennis, motor racing, figure skating and boxing are also among the sports that have been affected in North America.
The NBA suspension was open-ended, with commissioner Adam Silver saying Thursday that the league had determined it would be most likely at least 30 days.
An eight-week shut-down from Sunday would extend to May 10, past the scheduled end of the NBA regular season and the scheduled April 18 start of the playoffs.
The NHL, which paused its season on March 12, was also in the final weeks heading into its Stanley Cup playoffs.
Both Silver and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman have said that with so many unknowns it was impossible to predict whether they could eventually resume their regular seasons and play on through July or even August, resume with a shortened schedule or perhaps even find themselves unable to resume play at all.
It's a bit of a puzzle, and part of the problem is, we don't know what all the pieces are yet, Bettman said in an interview posted on NHL.com on Friday.