On February 3, according to the Korean media INVEN, the new crown epidemic was found within the LCK League DRX team, and the two players of Zhongdan Zeka and Auxiliary BeryL were diagnosed with novel coronavirus pneumonia, and other personnel in the club were urgently screened, and two players and one staff member of Shangdan Kingen and Dayo Pyosik were positive. Further inspections are also underway. At present, the DRX team has taken epidemic prevention measures in the company building and players' dormitories in accordance with relevant regulations, and has ensured the progress of subsequent competitions in accordance with the LCK epidemic prevention policy.
The LCK Spring Race will resume on the 9th after the Spring Festival holiday. If the epidemic does not continue to expand, the original schedule will continue. According to the relevant regulations, before the return of the infected players, the supplementary players recorded in the large list will play the next game on their behalf. However, since only 6 people are registered in the DRX big list, it is impossible to fill the gap of all personnel, so if allowed under the emergency system, DRX second team players can be transferred to the game.
Fist said that it would try not to change the original schedule, but if the players of the second team were also infected on a large scale, the schedule would be adjusted, and the current plan to play without a match and no spectators would be planned. The DRX team competed at the Jonggak LOLPARK stadium in Seoul on the 29th. In this regard, the fist said that the government has not yet issued relevant instructions, but has grasped the movement of internal personnel and notified close contacts to conduct nucleic acid testing.