What is an Abe mask
What is an Abe mask? Shinzo Abe decided to use national resources to produce a large number of cloth masks and distribute them free of charge to medical institutions and every household at the beginning of the 2020 epidemic due to a shortage of masks in the country as well as globally, and what is an Abe mask?
What is Abe's mask1Around April last year, when the epidemic spread seriously in Japan, masks were out of stock and it was very difficult to buy a box of masks. That's when former Japanese Prime Minister Abe announced that he would give 2 gauze masks to every family as a policy to deal with the epidemic in an emergency. However, due to slow delivery, by the time the "Abe masks" were delivered, the masks were also available in supermarkets and drugstores on the streets of Japan. In addition, due to the small size of the Abe mask, and more ugly, so even if the family received, not many people wear out.
It is reported that Abe masks a **** 287 million, the total cost of 40 billion yen. There are still 80 million left, lying in the warehouse of a large logistics company in Tokyo. The cost of storage has long exceeded 600 million yen.
Why can't they be utilized effectively?
In fact, the Japanese government is still distributing free "Abe masks" to various welfare facilities. But the problem is that it doesn't seem to be working. The problem is that it doesn't seem to be working. Because of the mask's own "defects," very few people or facilities want to use it. In October of this year, it was reported that only 37 welfare facilities in Japan had applied for the masks. Although the number of facilities to utilize, each month there is a deviation, but each month at most dozens of facilities said they need to ...... in this case, I do not know how many years can be issued finished.
Can only be thrown away
It is reported that the masks currently lying in the warehouse, about 15% are defective. The testing cost to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the supplier is about 2.09 billion yen. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that due to the small number of users, the cost of storage has been inflated, so all the "Abe masks" will be thrown out in the current year.
Japanese netizens said:
"I received the mask at the end of June last year, but by that time I was able to buy other masks on the street, which were more expensive but comfortable to wear. I have since given the Abe mask to an orphanage near my home."
"I am an employee of the orphanage. The masks donated by the public were piling up in the warehouse. It's so confusing that you can't just dispose of them because it's everyone's goodwill."
"Some people say take the remaining masks and give them to first graders in elementary school. The problem is that elementary school students are also love beauty, it is impossible to wear it. Besides, there are all kinds of masks in the supermarket now, and they are not expensive."
What is Abe's mask 2Japanese media reports, referring to the hundreds of millions of cloth masks made by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the Shinkansen epidemic, nearly a quarter of them have to be thrown away directly because of storage costs. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida confirmed the decision on December 21st.
Shinzo Abe, at the beginning of the 2020 epidemic, decided to use national resources to produce a large number of cloth masks to be distributed free of charge to medical institutions and every household, with a total of 260 million masks produced, due to the shortage of masks domestically and globally. Because the masks are made at the request of the Abe government, they are also called "Abe masks" (アベノマスク).
However, after the distribution, there are 82 million masks left in the warehouse. Asahi TV (ANN) reported that a large number of masks are currently stored in a warehouse in the suburbs of Tokyo, only from August 2020 to March 2021, **** cost nearly 600 million yen storage fees, the year calculated close to 100 million yuan.
The government had already asked community groups in December if they needed more cloth masks, but the response was not enthusiastic. In order to save money, the government decided to simply discard such a large number of masks within a month.
The Abe masks were distributed in April 2020, but were unpopular due to their small size and design. After the nationwide distribution was completed in August, only 3.5 percent of people were using the Abe masks, and only 2 percent would continue to use them in the future, according to a Nihon Keizai Shimbun poll. A think-tank organization later commented on the government's fight against the epidemic, citing official residence sources who said the mask program was a failure.
Abe mask is what 3Once named Japan's 2020 buzzword "Abe mask", to be ordered by Fumio Kishida thrown away. According to TV Asahi reported on the 22nd, for Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration, as the new crown countermeasures issued '"Abe mask", Fumio Kishida 21 ordered within this year to discard, the relevant parties have also made public the 81.3 million pieces of "Abe masks "The situation in the warehouse.
The parties concerned have made public the situation in the warehouse with 81.3 million "Abe masks"
The report said that the warehouse is located in the suburbs of Tokyo. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said that from August last year to March this year, the warehouse use fees and other costs *** cost 600 million yen, if you add the cost after March, this figure will be higher. Fumio Kishida said on the 21st that "the Japanese government reserves more than 500 million 'high-performance' masks, from the point of view of the efficiency of financial resources", if someone wants to make an application, will be given priority to send them, and has been ordered within this year will be the remaining masks discarded.
In the meeting of the Japanese Senate held on the 21st, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida defended the summary report of the 2020 annual accounts. In response to the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration, the distribution of "Abe masks", Kishida confessed that "from April to May 2020, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conducted product inspections, found that 71 million masks, about 11 million masks, or 15% of the quality of the masks do not meet the standard. " In addition, the cost used to check the quality of the masks, etc. or more than 2 billion yen (about 100 million yuan).
June 11, 2020 Shinzo Abe in the Senate Budget Committee wearing "Abe mask" yawning photo widely circulated on the Japanese network
According to the Japanese media previously reported that the Abe government purchased cloth masks cost about 140 yen per unit, about 82 million pieces! "Abe masks" worth about 11.5 billion yen (about 640 million yuan). The Abe Cabinet*** purchased about 260 million cloth masks. And started distributing these cloth masks one after another in the spring of 2020, but because the problem of the demand for masks in Japanese cities around July 2020 has already been solved, the Japanese government failed to construct a system that adapts flexibly to the situation and demand of the new crown epidemic, resulting in about one-third of the supplies being left over.
Another Asahi Shimbun previously reported, "Abe mask" policy dispensed cloth masks due to the area is too small, the quality of the problem caused by controversy, triggered by the Japanese national dissatisfaction, is caused by the resignation of Shinzo Abe, one of the reasons for the prime minister. The Asahi Shimbun said, the shortage of masks in Japan at the end of July 2020 to alleviate the problem, the opposition party under the pursuit of the Japanese government in late July 2020 decided to terminate the "Abe mask" distribution program.