On the evening of August 1, AKB officials posted on social platforms announcing that 7 members of the team were diagnosed with new crown, including Masabu Daimori, Sano Narimi, Nagisa Sakaguchi, Serika Nagano, Yuka Suzuki, Tenno Kamemi and Tokunaga Anteshi, which is a collective infection incident that broke out in the women's group following the diagnosis of new crown by Team8 member Yurina, AKB48 Company apologized in a document, and said that many performances from 2 to 8 days will be cancelled.
The Japanese idol girl group AKB48 announced that seven members were infected with the new crown, including Team B member Masabu Ōmori (21 years old), Team 8 (also team K) member Kurano Naimi (20 years old), Team 8 (also team 4) member Nagisa Sakaguchi (20 years old), Team 8 (also team 4) member Nagano Serika (20 years old), Team 8 member Yuka Suzuki (20 years old), Team 8 member Tennai Uami (20 years old), Team Team 8 member Tennō (20 years old), Team 8 members of the Tokuyo Antelope Sea (14 years old).
The announcement reads: "Masabu Omori, Naimi Kurano, Serika Nagano, and Yuka Suzuki had fever symptoms on Friday, July 30, and were examined at a medical institution in the Tokyo metropolitan area on July 31 (Saturday), and the infection was confirmed at about 23:00. In addition, Nagisa Sakaguchi and Tenno Kamami developed fever symptoms on Saturday, July 31, and Tokunaga Antemi developed fever symptoms on August 1 (Sunday) and were diagnosed positive after being examined by medical institutions in Tokyo."
Commenting on the current situation, AKB said: "At present, we are waiting for the official notification of each health center, and in the future we will take appropriate measures under the guidance of the health center." For suspected cases, we will continue to wait at home or in a residential facility to observe their health. ”
AKB said that the four performances scheduled for the 2nd to 8th will be cancelled, and apologized and hoped that the outside world would understand the cooperation.
It is reported that on August 1, AKB48 held two performance activities, and the activity performances were spontaneously controlled, making it difficult for the health center to identify close contacts.
Previously, AKB's internal senior officer Xiang Inoji Meiyin (23 years old) was diagnosed, but began to reactivate half a month later.
The AKB48 collective confirmed incident also triggered a panic in the women's group, and netizens also discussed the incident.