Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Yu Darvish divulged Thursday that he went to a local hospital in Mesa, Arizona, for tests and treatments after feeling ill.
According to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times, Darvish tweeted in Japanese that he went to hospital because he had been coughing since Wednesday and "couldn't be certain" he hadn't contracted the coronavirus.
On Tuesday, the Japan native told Wittenmyer that he was "really worried about" the coronavirus and its spread.
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