Mask inspection cost for pregnant women is less than 800 million yen and less than 8 million yen Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Corona May 15 19:51
Regarding the cost of inspecting cloth masks for pregnant women in the country, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare answered that "800 million yen" was answered by the director in charge of the Diet, most of it is the cost of inspecting cloth masks for all households, and for pregnant women It was revealed that it is less than 8 million yen.
Regarding the cloth masks for pregnant women who were found defective and once collected by the country, at the House of Councilors' welfare and labor committee on the 14th, the Fukushima leader of the Social Democratic Party asked the cost of inspection, but the director in charge of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said "We are expecting the inspection cost of the cloth masks procured as a contingency for this year's budget to be 800 million yen," the Fukushima leader said, "it would be strange to spend 800 million yen to inspect pregnant women's masks." Criticized.
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato said at the plenary session of the House of Councilors on the 15th, "800 million yen is the contract amount including inspection of cloth masks for all households and nursing homes, and the amount of masks for pregnant women is less than 1%." He explained that the cost of inspecting cloth masks for pregnant women is less than 8 million yen.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, most of the 800 million yen is the cost of inspecting cloth masks for all households before delivery.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, "I think yesterday's Diet response was accurate, but it may be different if it was easy to understand."